tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post3006414352991620537..comments2023-07-15T17:23:38.658-07:00Comments on The Carmel-by-the-Sea WATCHDOG!: ‘MINUTES’ for One Noteworthy 5 May 2009 City Council Agenda ItemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-14242720996568114622009-05-08T19:57:00.000-07:002009-05-08T19:57:00.000-07:00Trout,
Brook, Brown, Rainbow or Sea? May your a...Trout, <br />Brook, Brown, Rainbow or Sea? May your astute observations be read by many bloggers. You are right on. Carmelites need an awakening!<br />PikePikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-9456906290751225692009-05-07T12:50:00.000-07:002009-05-07T12:50:00.000-07:00Every city has them. An inner circle power group....Every city has them. An inner circle power group. Carmel’s is the fire contract ambush group. They organized themselves before the budget meeting with the encouragement of Sue McCloud. How do we know this? Because the ambush group did not appear in mass at the May council meeting to speak against the fire contact because Sue tipped them off beforehand. People like these making up these groups in tandem with the mayor is why Carmel is not the open, friendly place it used to be. Group politics is not good at the national level and it is most certainly not good at the local, city level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-16740509418964157202009-05-06T17:14:00.000-07:002009-05-06T17:14:00.000-07:00Very few Carmelites understand the dictatorial con...Very few Carmelites understand the dictatorial control Sue McCloud has over the city. <br /><br />Very few understand she is the acting city administrator and Rich is a passive, impotent placeholder.<br /><br />Very few are willing to believe the mayor will not put her personal pettiness aside and work out a mutually agreed upon use for Flanders with the non-profit group Flanders Foundation.<br /><br />Very few will believe Sue McCloud is the stumbling block to resolving the management of the fire department and finding a use for Flanders, etc. <br /><br />Very few will concede the Pine Cone might as well be the City Hall Times. Readers get slanted stories showing the mayor and city is the best possible light when the Pine Cone should be holding their feet to the accountability fire. <br /><br />The myth there is no apathy in Carmel continues to dominate. Apathy combined with being largely uninformed about the big issues dominates. This should not be confused with beliefs. Many in Carmel hold strong beliefs. It is just those beliefs are rarely based on facts and critical thinking. <br /><br />Carmel could be so much more than it is and it is very sad we are not all rowing in the same boat towards the same destination.Troutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-14156533268089483172009-05-06T11:16:00.000-07:002009-05-06T11:16:00.000-07:00I commend Mr. Floyd for speaking in support of the...I commend Mr. Floyd for speaking in support of the Carmel-Monterey fire contract. Carmelites desperately need more informed professionals in the fire business with their experience speaking out. At least we know where individuals like Mr. Floyd is coming from with his solid experience in seeing the success of various fire contracts between cities like Carmel and larger fire departments. His advice about moving swiftly should be taken to heart too by all people with an interest in protecting themselves and their neighbors from fire dangers, especially as we enter the wildfire and hot and long extreme fire conditions of central California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24019952.post-58382486187393176662009-05-06T10:51:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:51:00.000-07:00Monterey should refocus their attention on us, the...Monterey should refocus their attention on us, the residents of Monterey. No more babysitting Carmel and hoping they agree to a regional fire services concept. <br /><br />I also think Carmel has been jerking the Carmel fireman around long enough. Augie Beecham said he was ready to leave the city five years ago. He and his cohorts should join fire departments who treat their employees with more respect than Carmel. Also, Monterey has shielded Carmel officials from their irresponsible decisions thus far and should end the pretense with Carmel right now.Monterey Residentnoreply@blogger.com