Click here and you can view yesterday's Morristown City Council meeting from start to finish. On the Citizens for Accountability site under the title Videos from the May 15 City Council Meeting, click on "read the full story" and you will be taken to the two-part video set.
Or you can go to the CFA site by typing www.morristownhamblencfa.com in your browser.
Some questions that the videos will answer:
Did a majority of City Council vote to make the bonuses and longevity pay (that they have been taking for years) part of a new pay ordinance that takes effect in May 2015?
Did a majority of City Council vote to get bids for cameras to televise their meetings for the citizens and taxpayers?
Did a majority of City Council vote to reject the NINETEENTH person submitted by the Mayor from an-MUC provided list of candidates for the "McGuffin" seat on MUC?
Showing posts with label Morristown Hamblen CFA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morristown Hamblen CFA. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
January 28, 2012 CFA (Citizens for Accountability) Pushes To Protect Voters and the Integrity of the 2001 City Referendum on MUC
Morristown-Hamblen Citizens for Accountability recently sent letters to Morristown voters with history, background, and current information on the effort by five Morristown City Councilmembers (Paul LeBel, Kay Senter, Bob Garrett, Chris Bivens, and Claude Jinks) to overturn the votes of the 3,202 people (72%) who voted for a series of changes to the Morristown Utilities Commission in a 2001 referendum.
The Five have set in motion their plan to do an end-run around the MUC appointment process that 3,202 voters put in place with their votes FOR the 2001 MUC referendum question!
These Five have decided that they don't like the MUC appointment process that was among the MUC changes put in place by 3,202 VOTERS in 2001. So...the Five have decided that THEY will overturn the voter-approved MUC appointment process all by themselves---without going back to the people in a referendum to see if the PEOPLE want to leave the current appointment process in place or want to make a change.
The Five apparently don't care about the integrity of the referendum as the voice of the people. The Five think that they are justified in overturning the votes of the PEOPLE and changing the MUC selection process to what they want because...well...just because they can and they want to...
And because George McGuffin is sitting on the sidelines and oh-so-quietly cheering them on.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
June 29, 2010 Sheriff and Mayoral Debate Videos Are at Citizens for Accountability Website
Citizens for Accountability (CFA) has the video of the June 24 debate between Sheriff candidates Ernie Burzell and Esco Jarnagin available at the CFA website.
CFA also has the video of the June 24 Mayoral debate between Bill Brittain and John Litz available at the CFA website.
Click here to go directly to the debate pictures and videos.
You can view pictures from the debate or click the "play" button below each video to hear and see the actual debate with each candidate's 2-minute opening remarks, 10 questions and answers, and 5-minute closing remarks.
The videos are broken into three segments, so you can view one, two, or all three.
1. Sheriff Debate Video
2. Mayor Debate Video I
3. Mayor Debate Video II
The CFA homepage is at www.morristownhamblencfa.com
CFA also has the video of the June 24 Mayoral debate between Bill Brittain and John Litz available at the CFA website.
Click here to go directly to the debate pictures and videos.
You can view pictures from the debate or click the "play" button below each video to hear and see the actual debate with each candidate's 2-minute opening remarks, 10 questions and answers, and 5-minute closing remarks.
The videos are broken into three segments, so you can view one, two, or all three.
1. Sheriff Debate Video
2. Mayor Debate Video I
3. Mayor Debate Video II
The CFA homepage is at www.morristownhamblencfa.com
Friday, June 25, 2010
June 25, 2010 WCRK Broadcast of Citizens for Accountability Mayoral and Sheriff Debates
Mike Rypel of radio station WCRK attended and taped the CFA (Citizens for Accountability) Hamblen County Mayoral and Sheriff debates last night.
WCRK (AM 1150) will broadcast the debates three times prior to the August General Election. The first broadcast is set for today at 9:00 am.
See pictures of the mayoral candidates at the debate here.
See pictures of the sheriff candidates at the debate here.
Citizens for Accountability website is at www.morristownhamblencfa.com
WCRK (AM 1150) will broadcast the debates three times prior to the August General Election. The first broadcast is set for today at 9:00 am.
See pictures of the mayoral candidates at the debate here.
See pictures of the sheriff candidates at the debate here.
Citizens for Accountability website is at www.morristownhamblencfa.com
Thursday, June 24, 2010
June 24, 2010 Hamblen County Mayoral Candidates Spar at CFA Debate
Democrat Mayoral Candidate John Litz (left) and Republican candidate Bill Brittain (below) respond to questions at the CFA (Citizens for Accountability) Debate at the West Hamblen Volunteer Fire Department this evening. Topics ranged from school funding and construction issues to economic development to meeting times for County Commission committees. A large and attentive crowd was present. The debate was moderated by Charles Cook, founder of CFA. CFA will have the video of the mayoral debate up for viewing in a few days. The website is www.morristownhamblencfa.com'
June 24, 2010 CFA-Sponsored Sheriff's Debate Is Big Success
Esco Jarnagin and Ernie Burzell went toe-to-toe at the CFA (Citizens for Accountability) debate between these two candidates for Sheriff. Esco (pictured above) and Ernie (pictured below) fielded 10 questions ranging from immigration to gangs to funding issues. Both candidates also made opening and closing statements and then talked with attendees at the close of the debate. A large crowd was present for the debate sponsored by CFA and moderated by CFA founder Charles Cook. CFA will have the video of the debate on its website in a few days. www.morristownhamblencfa.com
June 24, 2010 Hamblen County Sheriff and Mayor Candidates Debate Tonight
What: Debate between Hamblen County Sheriff Candidates followed by debate between Hamblen County Mayoral Candidates
When: June 24 at 6:00 PM
Where: West Hamblen Volunteer Fire Department at 6301 W. A. J. Highway
Debate Sponsor: Citizens for Accountability
www.morristownhamblencfa.com
6:00 PM Candidates for Hamblen County Sheriff
Ernie Burzell, Democrat
Esco Jarnagin, Republican
7:00 PM Intermission
7:20 PM Candidates for Hamblen County Mayor
John Litz, Democrat
Bill Brittain, Republican
When: June 24 at 6:00 PM
Where: West Hamblen Volunteer Fire Department at 6301 W. A. J. Highway
Debate Sponsor: Citizens for Accountability
www.morristownhamblencfa.com
6:00 PM Candidates for Hamblen County Sheriff
Ernie Burzell, Democrat
Esco Jarnagin, Republican
7:00 PM Intermission
7:20 PM Candidates for Hamblen County Mayor
John Litz, Democrat
Bill Brittain, Republican
Thursday, March 04, 2010
March 4, 2010 Morristown-Hamblen CFA (Citizens for Accountability) Tapes City Council Meetings (UPDATE: Video Clip Available)
UPDATE 3/6/10: If you take the local "news"paper, read the March 4 article by crime and city government reporter Bob Moore describing Charles Cook's remarks to council about council's resolution to ban "certain lights" on cameras at council meetings. Look at Bob's choice of words ("invective" "blurting" "interrupted" "angry") in describing Cook and his comments. Now click here to link to the Citizens for Accountability video of Cook's full comments and Jinks' reactions. Cook's comments were delivered calmly and without raising his voice. It would be a real stretch to say the comments were part of an "invective" or that Cook appeared "angry." Further, it is clear that it was Jinks who "interrupted" Cook after Cook mentioned that the lady who taped the February 16 meeting had twice tried to apologize to Jinks after the meeting but Jinks refused to talk to her or to accept her apologies.
Morristown-Hamblen CFA (Citizens for Accountability) has been taping City Council and City Finance Committee meetings for many months now. On Tuesday, March 2, the City Council passed a resolution banning "certain lights" on cameras at City Council meetings. At least one of the "certain lights" that the City is banning is apparently the light on a camera used by Morristown Hamblen Citizens for Accountability-- a very small light that came on by accident during the taping of the February 16 meeting and that the operator did not know how to turn off.
MHCFA's website is here. Charles Cook, one of the founders of CFA, was present on March 2 and taping the meeting when the Council voted to ban "certain lights" on cameras.
Cook addressed the Mayor and Council before the vote on Tuesday. He also wrote an interesting article at the CFA site. Click here to see Charles' article. CFA has been taping council and Finance Committee meetings for many months. For the first time, a small light on the camera being used to tape the council's February 16 meeting came on during the taping. This had never happened before and was not intentional. Claude Jinks complained about the light, and the woman taping the meeting immediately apologized and moved to another side of the room. The camera operator did not know what had caused a light to come one and could not see the light because it was so small and at the front of the hand-held camera.
After the meeting was over, the camera operator again went up to Mr. Jinks to apologize for the mistake and to assure him that it would be corrected and would not happen again. Mr. Jinks would not accept her apology or talk to her. He just turned and walked off.
The Mayor and Morristown City Council have been asked repeatedly and have refused consistently to tape their meetings and air them on the city's government-education channel that is provided for that very purpose. The Council would love to pass an outright ban on all cameras, but Councilmembers know that they can not do that. So the next best way to show their displeasure and get in a dig at those who are taping the meetings is to draft a formal resolution banning a "certain light" on cameras used to tape the meetings.
Maybe at their next meeting on March 16, the Mayor and Council will consider passing a really important resolution such as one that would "ban Council from sitting around while the City's finances collapse." Oh wait, no need for that resolution. The City's finances are already in a shambles, and the city's sewer system is a multi-million dollar train wreck. And on top of that the Mayor and Council only recently found out about this at least three-year-old mess. Click here.
Yep, it's much more important to spend time drafting resolutions banning "certain lights" on cameras! And it's much more important to make a mess in front of the City Center with a fenced enclosure for "bad signs."
Morristown-Hamblen CFA (Citizens for Accountability) has been taping City Council and City Finance Committee meetings for many months now. On Tuesday, March 2, the City Council passed a resolution banning "certain lights" on cameras at City Council meetings. At least one of the "certain lights" that the City is banning is apparently the light on a camera used by Morristown Hamblen Citizens for Accountability-- a very small light that came on by accident during the taping of the February 16 meeting and that the operator did not know how to turn off.
MHCFA's website is here. Charles Cook, one of the founders of CFA, was present on March 2 and taping the meeting when the Council voted to ban "certain lights" on cameras.
Cook addressed the Mayor and Council before the vote on Tuesday. He also wrote an interesting article at the CFA site. Click here to see Charles' article. CFA has been taping council and Finance Committee meetings for many months. For the first time, a small light on the camera being used to tape the council's February 16 meeting came on during the taping. This had never happened before and was not intentional. Claude Jinks complained about the light, and the woman taping the meeting immediately apologized and moved to another side of the room. The camera operator did not know what had caused a light to come one and could not see the light because it was so small and at the front of the hand-held camera.
After the meeting was over, the camera operator again went up to Mr. Jinks to apologize for the mistake and to assure him that it would be corrected and would not happen again. Mr. Jinks would not accept her apology or talk to her. He just turned and walked off.
The Mayor and Morristown City Council have been asked repeatedly and have refused consistently to tape their meetings and air them on the city's government-education channel that is provided for that very purpose. The Council would love to pass an outright ban on all cameras, but Councilmembers know that they can not do that. So the next best way to show their displeasure and get in a dig at those who are taping the meetings is to draft a formal resolution banning a "certain light" on cameras used to tape the meetings.
Maybe at their next meeting on March 16, the Mayor and Council will consider passing a really important resolution such as one that would "ban Council from sitting around while the City's finances collapse." Oh wait, no need for that resolution. The City's finances are already in a shambles, and the city's sewer system is a multi-million dollar train wreck. And on top of that the Mayor and Council only recently found out about this at least three-year-old mess. Click here.
Yep, it's much more important to spend time drafting resolutions banning "certain lights" on cameras! And it's much more important to make a mess in front of the City Center with a fenced enclosure for "bad signs."
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