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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Okay, I just broke a habit of 15 years and read a Rick Bell column. And he seems bang on the money.
Can someone who disagrees with the article point to anything substantively wrong about it? Is there any reason to dismiss his criticisms of council meetings under the mayor, besides partisan loyalty to Nenshi?
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The writing style, for one. It's written for a 10th grade reading level, which is likely to help his audience.
Second, I have no problem with the assertion that Nenshi is a poor meeting chair. However, I have a huge problem with the assertion that it's somehow a scandal or boondoggle.
I can totally see how Nenshi is a poor facilitator, because even though he is nearly 100% correct, it is hard for him to stop without other people agreeing with him or at least seeing his side. This is a hopeless endeavour when you have people like Sean Chu, who doesn't even read the council material, much less understand and critically form an opinion on it.
Perhaps we do need a meeting chair, someone whose sole duty is to keep the meeting effective and without bias. Is there something so scandalous about this? Maybe Woolley should be the meeting chair, saving us $170,000 a year, AND we get good meetings.