Yeah, Well...

There's been a flurry of e-mails in the past couple of days.  There was something about some meetings that weren't exactly noticed in the usual way, and about which most people found out, because Janey Anderson talked about them on Nextdoor.  Apparently, one of the meetings, or possibly two of them, are tonight.

Here are the text messages I just got from someone in attendance at one or both of these meetings:

"Betsy quit!!"  I assume that means she resigned her Commission seat.  The next text message said
"Special election in 90 days."
Then, "Now they are going to recruit a new Code Compliance Board...Old members can't reapply."  And "Tracy just said 'I'm concerned about attorney fees for the Board.'"
And finally, "Code Compliance workshop," and "Now a communications workshop with only two Commissioners."  It was not specified which two.

So, I wasn't told why Betsy Wise resigned, or if she gave a reason.

Yes, of course we now have to have a special election to fill her seat.  For what it's worth, that special election will cost us several thousand dollars.  Not that it isn't better to spend several thousand dollars than to have Betsy Wise on the Commission, but it's just noteworthy that we have yet another expense.  And I think it was at the last Commission meeting, or maybe some meeting shortly before that, that Betsy was asked if she really donated her stipend back to the Village, as she had previously said she would, but she never answered.  I'm guessing the answer was no.

Interesting about resurrecting the Code Compliance Board, after Tracy Truppman insulted all the members to the point that they all quit.  And no discussion about making an exception, in view of Tracy's trampling of everyone, so that the prior members, who were doing a wonderful job, could reoccupy their seats.  Apparently, Tracy sees yet another opportunity to control a new group of members, and she doesn't let pass opportunities like that.

And what's this concern about the cost of an attorney?  Since when does Tracy Truppman care how much Village money gets diverted to her attorneys?  Usually, it's the more, the better.  And she was willing to pay some magistrate what an attorney would cost, or maybe more.  Frankly, I'm not even sure it was past practice to have the Village attorney at the Code Compliance meetings.  I'll find out.

A communications workshop with only two Commissioners present?  I wonder which two.  The only one who alleged an interest in this is the one who just resigned.  Although Will Tudor, in some of his past ramblings and incoherent sputterings, did once or twice talk about improving communications.  But neither he nor anyone else ever actually did it (except Dan Samaria and his televising Commission meetings), or even discussed a real plan.  So, I really don't know which two Commissioners bothered to pretend to be part of a discussion like that.

Well, I suppose I'll find out more tomorrow.  And if I do, or if anyone who was there elaborates in a comment, I'll let you know.