Mayor needs to take control of council meetings
To the editor:
I would humbly suggest that the mayor and council read and commit to memory their own rules contained in Resolution 66-05 wherein it states in part that “the presiding officer may ask a person to leave the Council Chambers”………… It makes no mention of a council member having that authority!
Monday night Councilman Day on his own had a person removed from the Chambers using the police department. Councilman Day clearly overstepped his authority and violated the council’s own rules, as outlined in Resolution 66-05, as he has in the past. This cannot and should not be allowed and needs to be stopped by the mayor, who is supposed to be in charge of the meeting. What you have now is Councilman Day clearly taking over the meeting and creating a circus-like atmosphere.
The mayor needs to step up to the plate and take charge of the meeting.
I would further suggest that if the mayor and council are determined to put such hard and fast rules on the residents and what they can say from the podium, the same has to hold true for those on the dais!
Last night’s disgraceful display by both Councilman Day and Councilwoman Tate and were not even challenged by the mayor and they should have been. The ridiculing of residents for asking questions goes beyond the pale. The political campaigning coming from the dais is blatantly obvious when they attack and ridicule residents, who they assume will be running for office!
Lynn Rosko
Cape Coral