Last night (12/11/23) was Mickey Sandifer's first night as mayor. If ya wanna see an example of tantrum throwing and a dictatorial attitude just go to the audio of the meeting by clicking here. Then to save yourself some time go to the 1:54:01 mark.
Here's the background. There was an item on the agenda about appointing two members of the council to a study group. The agenda and its accompanying memo did not indicate who they were. Yours truly contacted staff as to why there were no names listed. The response was that with the change over the new mayor had not had time to make the selection before the agenda went public. I found that strange since on a previous item his selection for the Planning Commission was listed. I considered this to be a lack of transparency and signed up to speak on it.
Well, now comes the meeting and the item comes up. After the planning director gave his info on the background of the study group, Mickey "Julius Caesar" Sandifer proceeded to go forward with ignoring asking if anyone had signed up to speak. Yes, I had to shout it out from the audience, "what about those who signed up?" (Was he hoping to push the item and not allow me to speak?) He then asked if anybody had signed up. I had NO comments about the two appointees who were mentioned a few minutes earlier. It was procedure. Since "Julius Caesar" (hail dictator) had campaigned on transparency it was felt by yours truly that the item should be tabled until January 8th so that the public could be informed who the two appointees were and then comment on them if they thought it was warranted.
Now ya gotta listen to the audio. Even the two prospective appointees agreed for transparency that the public should be able to comment and were not given that chance. Listening to the audio you will hear how Sandifer loses it and throws a mini tantrum, especially taking the stand that the mayor appoints. Yepper, the mayor appoints (actually recommends appointments) but the council has to approve. It got to the point where "mini me mayor" indicated maybe he wouldn't make appointments.
Cutting to the chase, just listen to the audio. BTW, the item did get tabled until January 8th, 2024 with all council members voting in favor of that.
Hmmmm, wonder how the left leaning Shawnee Mission Post will cover Caesar's actions last night.
A word of advice to Caesar............ya better stop trying to be a mini me dictator or you'll lose the support even of your fellow lefties on the council.
