Wow, I really blew it when I posted my comments about the meeting of 3/22/10 and how the Dispatch didn't question certain items
http://shawneeray.blogspot.com/2010/04/scotts-resignation-it-gets-deeper.html
How did I blow it? I missed the most important thing..........the fact that Scott delivered her resignation to the city manager instead of to the mayor.
OK, here goes. The city manager is appointed by and works for the council. Ergo, it is the mayor, not the city manager who is a council person's "supervisor". As such Ms Scott's resignation should have been delivered to the mayor and the council and not to the city manager. The city manager's comment that she didn't notify the mayor prior to the council meeting because she hadn't reviewed it is ridiculous. It was not her position to review it. It was her responsibility to notifiy the mayor immediately upon receiving it. By withholding this information from the mayor would this be insubordination? And then by staying quiet when Straub asked his question about Scott's regnation was definitely wrong.
So, that is how I blew it. By not pointing out who should have received the resignation to begin with. Has the mayor reprimanded the city manger for not delivering the info to him in a timely manner? Or, for remaining quiet when Straub asked his question? Or do we have a defacto reversal of positions in Shawnee city government?
By the way, it looks like my prognostication concerning the timing of Scott's resignation was pretty close http://shawneeray.blogspot.com/2010/01/great-scottis-she-moving.html
I had guessed the resignation to take place after the election. She actually did it before. Most likely since Straub was out of the picture by losing in the primary.
The letter I posted in the blog below, calling for an election to fill Scott's seat was mentioned in the KC Star http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/13/1874393/council-oks-bid-to-transform-shawnee.html
Ironically, the Shawnee Dispatch had no mention of it http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2010/apr/14/council-awards-contract-shawnee-town-addition/
I wouldn't expect the local cheerleader, that fails to question officials' comments, to mention things like a call for an election.
The residents of Ward 1 are urged to be at the city council meeting of May 10, 2010 to see how your council handles the picking of Ms Scott's replacement...........the meeting starts at 6:00PM that night. Heck, even if you're not in Ward 1 be there. This mickey mouse game could some day happen in your ward too. Do you think the council would vote to give the open seat to Jim Neighbor, who lost to Dan Pflumm in the election?
