My opinions and I'm entitled to them.
These three ladies, would be really bad news for Shawnee if they were to get elected to the city council.
Burchfield is running in Ward 4, Whitted in Ward 1 and Murphy in Ward 2.
Burchfield and Whitted appear to me to be the closest thing to carpet baggers since the civil war. They are still too new to living in Shawnee to really have a good grasp on things. Murphy has been around a long time, but all three have been trying to pull a snow job on the citizens.
I've touched on this before in other posts here. First, they are trying to put the blame on the city council for staff leaving. I published the numbers. the numbers have been pretty much the same (percentage wise) for many years. There is always turnover. Then, they try to put the blame on the council for certain senior members of the staff leaving. Disgruntle city employees who were used to getting their way without previous councils doing what they were supposed to do.......question and ndot rubber stamp.
These three say that the council hasn't been listening to the "experts" on city staff. City staff has many fine, capable, intelligent folks. They are also human. It is the council's responsibility to question and if the council feels something needs to be adjusted it is staff's responsibility to carry that forward. The new city manager and the two new assistants understand the proper chain. Under this council city staff has grown, appropriate adjustments were made to the salary structures for PD & FD, and this has been accomplished with reductions in the mill levy.
Proper review of city projects has resulted in many projects getting done, for less money. And the city has been able to get its reserves to 57% (27% over industry accepted standards).
This council is not anti-development. They want the right development in the right areas, without giving up the farm, the way previous councils did.
If you want to see Shawnee grow and prosper, then you don't want to vote for these three, or MIckey Sandifer for mayor.
The right choices for this election would be, IMHO, Megan Warner in Ward 4, Tammy Thomas in Ward 1 and Eric Jenkins in Ward 2, and Dr. Mike Kemmling for mayor. Unlike Sandifer, Mike is not beholden to the "old boy network" and nobody is pulling his strings. Ahhh, Sandifer, the sweet talking bovine scatalogical artist who will say anything to you to get your vote, even if it is completely opposite of what he said to your neighbor.......
