In a recent email, Lindsey Constance, Ward IV, was touting the fact that she is the current city council president. And that she is. How did it happen? Because of a coin toss. Why a coin toss? Now that is an interesting story by itself.
At the beginning of the year when the new council president is selected the vote was tied. Whoops. Now, theoretically the mayor can break the tie. Mayor Distler refused to do that. Her reasoning was something to the effect that the council president needs to be the choice of the council and the mayor shouldn't take sides. Happy horse manure. In a situation like this the mayor has an obligation to break the tie. The mayor has an obligation to vote for the individual that she feels would best serve the city in the capacity of mayor should that become necessary. See, the council president would fill in if the mayor was unable to perform.
But our mayor wimped out and didn't want to offend anybody. Wouldn't make a big person, an adult decision. Just like other items that she has played both ends against the middle.
So, now how did we get to the coin toss? Because the mayor wouldn't act in an adult manner, the procedures for selecting a council president were modified to include the coin toss to break a tie.
I supported her for 13 years. She could have done so much for Shawnee. Such a great cheerleader, if only she had become a leader. Instead she took the gutless way out by trying to make everybody happy all the time. BTW, that is an impossibility. And that is how we wound up with coin toss Constance.
So Lindsey Constance, be honest with your "bio" statements. Let folks know how you became council president.
