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Cody
August 14, 2011
Michael “Cody” Steelman
P.O. Box 621
Cascade Locks, Oregon
97014
(541) 490-9273
Mayor George Fisher
I have been amazed that a citizen has been allowed to stop the City Services Committee from meeting and holding the City hostage to a right founded by law, which grants you the Mayor the power rule on these complaints and rule on the law that this Committee will continue meeting in accordance to the law. Yet we are on hold.
But that is not to say that I do not respect this citizen for the valiant attempt she has taken to try and stop this Committee.
To be honest it is Citizens like this, which at least look at the laws and try to fight what they feel is a government injustice based on the law, which I hold with upmost respect.
It is citizens like this that I would love to see on the City Services Committee to be honest with you.
But right now I can see that this Citizen is new at this and I have been fighting these very fights long before this Citizen.
I am not implying that this Citizen has done anything wrong as I said it was a valiant attempt and did stop the Council in its tracks.
But as valiant of an attempt this Citizen has made I feel it is time for me to give you my opinion based on the law just like this Citizen has attempted to do.
This Citizen has used the Council rules on their own accord to State a legal claim that this Committee has never met therefore must be dissolved in accordance to the rules.
Now this Citizen could be intentionally using these rules and not referring to the Resolution as that is where it one could argue this specific provision either way but I will clear it all up for her now.
Now I could just argue with this Citizen that the chain of command is Federal law, State law, City Charter, City Ordinance, City Resolution and then Council rules but that would be far too much law to put us all through in this simple matter.
So I will go right straight to the intent of the law and what that means in the law, as a lesson to this Citizen so she does not make this mistake again.
The mistake this Citizen made was she did not go back to learn the intention of the council rule and research the validity of that provision of the Council Rules she was claiming was in fact a valid rule of law.
Attached is a memorandum dated May 10, 2010.
If you read the issue is a conflict between the newly adopted Committee section of the Council Rules and Resolution 847, the Resolution concerning Committee’s including this very Committee.
So instead of fixing the confliction in both the Resolution and the Council Rules, this Council only resolved the confliction in the Resolution and left the confliction in the Council Rules for a later Council to deal with. I am sorry that it fell on you Mayor Fischer.
It is my opinion the passage of R-051010-2 passed on May 10, 2010, to be numbered Resolution No. 1189, in effect repealed all provisions in the Council Rules concerning Committees.
As a matter of fact I know they did from the language specifically stated in this memo.
So at this point we go to the language of the resolution to rule on this citizen’s complaint as well as mine because council rules no longer apply in this discussion.
Attached is Resolution No. 1189 passed on May 10, 2010.
Now Section 7 of this Resolution does contain the language “Any Committee not meeting
Monthly, or having a quorum for three consecutive months shall be deemed non-functional and shall be disbanded”.
But following that statement it reads “It will then be at the discretion of the Mayor whether or not to appoint a new Committee”.
This very statement makes the mandatory dissolving of a Committee optional to a Mayor.
And the Mayor does have the power to take what may be a committee which could have been disbanded before and make it an active Committee in accordance to those and other powers.
At this point it is not a disbanded committee and can contimue on as an old or new Committee.
So in my opinion this City has not broken any laws concerning this Committee.
At the discretion of the Mayor you appointed this Committee and its members as reflected in the minutes.
Just because I was reappointed does not mean it is not a new Committee, because this Committee had never had its first meeting yet. In reality this is a new and old Committee all rolled into one.
This Committee has never had a meeting and has never been disbanded for failure to have a Committee meeting.
The only reason this Committee never had a meeting was because other Citizens would not apply. Therefore it was never disbanded through 3 administrations for not having a meeting for 3 months straight.
I would further argue that that provision to disband this Committee was never exercised because former Mayors wanted this Committee to become a functioning Committee or they would have disbanned it while in their terms, but they did not.
I would further argue that these former Mayors looked at that provision as reflected in Section 6 Attendance and was treating this as if the Committee were meeting and just stopped for three months straight, as that provision concerning disbanding does not specifically state Committees which are created and never meet. Therefore these former Mayors could or should have disbanded this Committee while in their terms but they did not.
Had previous administrations thought this Committee was not in the best public interest of the City they would have disbanded it under their terms as well, but they did not?
Instead this Committee stayed an active Committee over the years after creation and was not disbanded there for it is still an active Committee in my opinion which you have the right to treat as new or existing Committee, which did not violate any legislative provision.
It is not your fault Mayor Fischer that former administrations did not disolve this Committee yet kept carrying this Committee forward in legislation in my opinion. Nor is it your fault in my opinion that former administrations kept appointing me to the Committee and you had no concerns about my ability to serve on this Committee and appointed or reappointed me to this Committee.
It is my opinion that you Mayor Fischer exercised you legal rights under Resolution 1189 and in accordance to Section 7, which at your discretion you appointed the Committee members and made an Committee in name only up to this time into a fully operating Committee.
That in accordance to Section 2, the Mayor has the power to form this Committee.
That in accordance to Section 3, the members of the Committee shall serve at the discretion of the Mayor.
That in accordance to Section 10, Resolution 1189 is in effect until repealed by the Council.
And as I have pointed out Resolution 1189 is the legal authority in this matter unless there is an Ordinance or State/Federal law saying otherwise.
Now this Committee has minutes and reports to report to the Council.
So can we stop with this little game these people are playing and get on to getting some business done for the City?
Run this by the City Attorney as I am more than sure this will clear up any uncertainties they may have in this matter.
Thank you for your time in this matter.
Michael “Cody” Steelman
Citizen and legally appointed Committee Member over the years.
30 comments:
Saw Don H. downtown at the Post Office. He's going door to door looking for the 911 records.
Kate We were talking about who be a good candidate for the City Service Committee.With your positive comments on this blog,and being an exellent role model for this community. And for being a poster child for experimental drugs. And for being in the Mayors circle of trust, Go Girl.
Good, because those "maybe I'll respond, maybe I won't" assholes who call themselves volunteers have probably hidden the files in their homes.
Matter of fact, I think it's way past time to file a FOIA on the email of the ex-chief (still sounds good) and on Megan Webb as it is obvious that the email addresses have been used for City business and should have been subjected to the same laws as all other City business.
Hmmm.
Slow day at the Engorged Souvenir Shop and Sedition Gallery.
Committees are not formed on a popularity contest.
Committees are not formed on political beliefs.
Committees are formed by the qualifications a person volunteering can prove, that apply specifically to the Committee, which are in the best interests of the City, for the Mayor to appoint a citizen to a Committee.
It is not a protected right under any law it is a right granted by qualifications to serve on a specific Committee.
I will show you why I have been appointed by all these Mayors in a day or two.
Now you all have a good day as this sinks in.
Cody
Can you say goodnight Tuna.
Good night Tuna….
Are you kidding? She can't even spell goodnight.
Bottom line,If you lie,cheat, steal,Can't work with people. And you're in the Mayors circle of trust. Then of course you can be on a commitee. Does'nt make sense, all the good you do for the city. We need more people like you Cody,NOT
Someone is a little mad tonight.
Turn out the lights the parties over.
He got you again Brad, Robb, Ralph and Lance…..
Who are you going to sacrifice next????
I would be willing to bet that he takes out Lance…..
I would also be willing to bet that the 4 stay…..
Just another shallow personal attack on the realization of another loss.
I find it both amazing and scary that the lack of logic and the illiteracy seem to go hand in hand. I can feel a bit sorry for her, it may be the first time she has ever felt important.
I'll do what they want, you know
Here I go whining low,
Bye bye Lancie.
Where the Lorangs wait for me,
I'll be what they want to be,
Bye bye Lancie.
No one here can love or understand me,
Oh what hard luck stories, they all hand me.
How can I prolong this fight,
I’ll keep Council late tonight
Lancie, bye bye.
Thanks, now I can't get Bye, Bye Blackbird out of my mind...
That has to be the dumbest post I have ever read.
You try and make Don look bad and instead point out that Jeff is an dishonest incompetent boob!!!
Way to Go!!!
Keep posting!!
Take that as a sign from above.
He or she doesn’t know what to think.
They subconsciously speak the truth now.
They are confused now on how to vote.
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
Cody,
You admitted what you did was wrong. Good for you, really, it was the right thing to do.
Admitting wrong doing doesn't give you a pass on accepting the repercussions of YOUR actions any more than trying to lie and deceive your way out, it's just the right thing to do.
Take your lumps, you earned 'em. Learn from it and move on.
Trying to weasel your way around YOUR responsibilities, makes you look like a weasel and God knows we already have plenty of them in this town.
Man up, step aside for now and show your mature enough to accept that when YOU make a mistake, your willing to do the right thing. It will work out better for you in the long run.
Who the hell are you? What drugs are you on? And what the hell are you talking about?
Hood River asked Jeff for the 911 radio reports last February. Apparently he couldn't find them either. Things that make you go ...hmmmm?
Really it appears that you never read the apology.
If you did I have to agree you are high on something.
Council suggested he apologize but I would not call what he did an apology if I were you.
Cody post your apology would you so this moron can take a long walk on a short pier and get out of our space.
I have it and tried to post it but it is too many characters.
I have noticed that Helfrich is on two committees, planning and charter review. He also tried to intimidate his way on to the budget committee. Seems that he can't have enough control. Maybe we should all ask Brostoff and Kononon to resign their positions (planning and charter review)for just plain being ignorant a$$es.
I'm sure Kirby of the Hood River News investigated and found no cause for concern (for HR County) on this 911 thing. I mean really, what's another $38,000 to a town that can afford $140,000 for a fire chief. Kirby's recommendations, in the editorial section and in person at council meetings, should be considered as intelligent and well researched as the weasel who made them.
So there is an apology that covers all sins.
I would like to see that copy.
A man with a hyphenated last name is a kunt.
Or even "being plain ignorant a$$es".
Helfrich, Masters and Konnonen where on the Charter Committee.
He and Pruit shot everything they did in a year and a half down in less than 15 minutes and they were left crying with their tales between their legs after it failed to pass.
I just watched that video again the other day.
The apology does exist if you call if you do this again I will file criminal charges against you an apology.
But to understand the apology you need to read his complaint and I do not mean what he put on his blog.
The very one being taken out of context to use against him.
If you send him an email he will forward them to you.
That’s how I got them.
An inquiring mind has to know about these arguments between the volunteers and Cody.
Give me the low down.
Why didn’t Cody put everything on the web site?
I do not understand why he put the Volunteers on and not his.
anon 5:14
Yes you would think it strange that council members are researching city business, it didn't happen much in the past did it? No wonder you don't know how to react it's a new concept for you. Council is not being led by the nose by the likes of Seeger and Lorang. Cretins!
“Bottom line,If you lie,cheat, steal,Can't work with people. And you're in the Mayors circle of trust. Then of course you can be on a commitee. Does'nt make sense, all the good you do for the city. We need more people like you Cody,NOT”
Not one lie from my pen or my mouth nor have I have to cheat to steal your votes last time or this time as well.
I have a solid record of people working alongside, with, above and for me and you?
I have spoken with the mayor a whole three times and once in a committee meeting in my entire life. Trust takes longer than that to build.
I have the qualifications along with the ability is all the sense you need to know, because that is all that matters under the law.
How do you know what good I can do for the City? Did all your heroes ever run it in accordance to the law?
Now let's see how we do being honest about it and not ripping off the citizens in doing so.
Yes we do need more people like me to keep this City honest!
Does that answer your questions and address your concerns?
Cody
Am I doing the right thing now in your books by exposing it all?
Truth and facts can be a hard thing to swallow.
Especially when it is the truth and facts about those you hold in high regards.
Now you can call me a liar and a cheat or a bastard for all I care.
I know what I am and that I am not.
At the most the only reaction from me you will get is just like you are seeing.
Calling you on your hand of BS and raising it with more truth.
So now you have to ask yourselves, is this game working out for us?
So is it?
Cody
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