Back in July the trustees participated in a strategic planning session to help set the vision for Winfield. I was not impressed. Our planning session was basically a brainstorming session of a global list of “to do’s”. We were asked to take the list of ‘to-do’s” and rank them in order of importance. The ranks...
Ya know, it seems like every meeting turns into another lesson in rules of order. This wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the fact that the same rule from the last meeting is being violated again. Coming at you live from the village code in section 1.5.5.4.(f) its the same passage that just...
You may remember the monologue that Trustee Hughes launched on August 18th. Here is the video for those of you that missed it. In 200 seconds of video, Trustee Hughes says “Trustee Allen” no less than 14 times. I’m very confused by this. When Trustee Spande unloaded on me back in June, he mentioned...
Trustee Reyes has often said that the minutes are either not recorded correctly or edited after the fact. Most of the trustees have voiced issues with what appears to be differences between what they thought they had voted on and what later turned out to be the legislation. For the record, I believe that...
Sorry that this video is so long but I know there are people that want to see it and I cut out as much as I thought I could. Surprisingly this is only the debate about the $10,800 from the AT&T lease. There were two more debates that sounded pretty much the same. I...
I-like to operate my life by employing the platitude, “You can either change your situation or you can change your attitude.” I hope that you will understand that I am not whining or complaining when I talk about issues that I have with how our village conducts meetings. I am attempting to learn and...
Fans of Calvin and Hobbes might remember one of the favorite games the comic strip duo loved to play. They called it “Calvinball“. The only permanent rule of Calvinball was that the game could not be played the same way twice. One of the best parts of Calvinball was that the rules could change,...
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