Mr. Mayor,
With all due respect I hope you can look in the mirror and see yourself in so much of what you have written. You and your faction have control this city to a point that to quote Mr. Huseman, "there is no money."
Mr. Mayor, I posted on my website (www.90asign.com) in response to someones comment asking if you'd be willing to sit down with guys like me and instead of 'hiding behind fences' bring it up front and be transparent.(Note from Dennis, I moved that response to here instead of comments)
But Mr. Mayor, if you would, please answer a couple of questions that I have like who authorized Mr. Husemans final paycheck with his severance pay when the city council didn't direct it. Section 3.08 of the citys code of ordinances says no member of the council can direct any employee to do anything, they can only direct the city manager to do something, so who authorized the payment?
I would ask why Mr. Huseman was in his office today with you and our city police when Mr. Huseman is no longer an employee of the city.
I would ask why Mr. Huseman was given a step promotion pay raise, retroactive to 4/2010, when at a majority of the council didn't authorize that raise?
And that's the type of secrecy and lack of transparency in just 1 day Mr. Mayor that drives me and any person who cares about how this city operates nuts.
You see Mr. Mayor, I didn't profit a dime from anything that's happened. I haven't gotten any position of authority, haven't taken (and actually refused 2 request to take) a position on a city board, I haven't gotten my road fixed so water doesn't flood my house every time it flash floods, nor have I gotten Ft. Wahl street fixed where the vehicles my tax dollars pay for travel on a daily basis. I haven't gotten answers as to why the arena (another 'faction group') can't be run without loosing money, I haven't gotten answers as to when St. George is going to be finished, do I really need to go on?
So either I'm doing a piss poor job of running 'the city from behind their fences', or I'm just not going to take your silence as an answer that I will accept. I and every other taxpayer deserve honest and open government from our city.
So Mr. Mayor, are you ready to sit down and talk? I would love to talk, and lets come up with REAL solutions to the real problems in this town. Why don't we have business downtown? How can we get JB Wells at least to a break even so we can expand the park? How are we going to attract businesses to our fair city so that we have jobs for everyone here? What are we going to do for our younger generation so they have some reason to stay in this town and help it grow? What are we going to do/how are we going to afford our infrastructure from falling apart?
I'll meet you in any public forum to discuss these and any other pertinent issues of this town. I'm ready, but it has to be transparent, honest discussion, open to anyone that wants to attend. And please don't waste my time with words with no action.
So there it is Mayor, you want to accuse with words but no backing, I'm willing to put action to my words, what about you?
Dennis Nesser
A Concerned Citizen of this great city!
With all due respect I hope you can look in the mirror and see yourself in so much of what you have written. You and your faction have control this city to a point that to quote Mr. Huseman, "there is no money."
Mr. Mayor, I posted on my website (www.90asign.com) in response to someones comment asking if you'd be willing to sit down with guys like me and instead of 'hiding behind fences' bring it up front and be transparent.(Note from Dennis, I moved that response to here instead of comments)
But Mr. Mayor, if you would, please answer a couple of questions that I have like who authorized Mr. Husemans final paycheck with his severance pay when the city council didn't direct it. Section 3.08 of the citys code of ordinances says no member of the council can direct any employee to do anything, they can only direct the city manager to do something, so who authorized the payment?
I would ask why Mr. Huseman was in his office today with you and our city police when Mr. Huseman is no longer an employee of the city.
I would ask why Mr. Huseman was given a step promotion pay raise, retroactive to 4/2010, when at a majority of the council didn't authorize that raise?
And that's the type of secrecy and lack of transparency in just 1 day Mr. Mayor that drives me and any person who cares about how this city operates nuts.
You see Mr. Mayor, I didn't profit a dime from anything that's happened. I haven't gotten any position of authority, haven't taken (and actually refused 2 request to take) a position on a city board, I haven't gotten my road fixed so water doesn't flood my house every time it flash floods, nor have I gotten Ft. Wahl street fixed where the vehicles my tax dollars pay for travel on a daily basis. I haven't gotten answers as to why the arena (another 'faction group') can't be run without loosing money, I haven't gotten answers as to when St. George is going to be finished, do I really need to go on?
So either I'm doing a piss poor job of running 'the city from behind their fences', or I'm just not going to take your silence as an answer that I will accept. I and every other taxpayer deserve honest and open government from our city.
So Mr. Mayor, are you ready to sit down and talk? I would love to talk, and lets come up with REAL solutions to the real problems in this town. Why don't we have business downtown? How can we get JB Wells at least to a break even so we can expand the park? How are we going to attract businesses to our fair city so that we have jobs for everyone here? What are we going to do for our younger generation so they have some reason to stay in this town and help it grow? What are we going to do/how are we going to afford our infrastructure from falling apart?
I'll meet you in any public forum to discuss these and any other pertinent issues of this town. I'm ready, but it has to be transparent, honest discussion, open to anyone that wants to attend. And please don't waste my time with words with no action.
So there it is Mayor, you want to accuse with words but no backing, I'm willing to put action to my words, what about you?
Dennis Nesser
A Concerned Citizen of this great city!
Is this going to get published in a paper???
ReplyDeleteIf a meeting is scheduled, I would like to listen to what is said.
ReplyDeleteMy comments or the facts? I believe at least one paper is working on all these and a list of other facts that are being investigated. I don't expect my comments to be published, though it is on their website under the Mayors letter to the editor.
ReplyDeleteI doubt the Mayor would ever give answers to the people of Gonzales. He hides under the disguise of a 'nice guy' and dances around the truth as much as possible, but I doubt he's man enough or Mayor enough to give REAL answers the really tough questions in an open forum where EVERYONE can hear the truth.
Dennis
How refreshing it would be to have the mayor & you, Dennis, have an open discussion about the issues. It would be great if the mayor could give some reasons but I very highly doubt that will happen, if EVER. I know there has been scuttle and whispering about the 3 councilmen that voted to terminate Huseman....well to me, those 3 are real courageous men. They stuck to their guns even when the Mayor tried to persuade Mr Schurig to change his vote. How unethical of the Mayor. But then again that isnt the first unethical thing he has done.
ReplyDeleteI am working on the ethical side of things for a future blog. Especially of the voting practice that went on that night.
ReplyDeleteI'm offering...and I'm serious, I will meet the mayor anytime, anywhere as long as it's open to the public and he's willing to answer the real questions....but as a betting man I'm betting he's not going to even acknowledge the response, much less ever answer questions, or do what's really right for Gonzales, or address the real issues. Because if he did he'd have to admit that his 16 years is coming down to an end, and he's like a quarterback that should of retired while he was at the top of his game, the mayor has stayed to long, and is loosing his grip on, and can't keep up with what's going on in this town.
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser