I admit the unresolved issue regarding the Commission that will be seated in November was which of the three "new" Commissioners would get the two year term. I hadn't actually given that much thought, and it's been such a long time since I had a copy of the Village Charter that I didn't have a convenient way to look it up.
Funny enough, one of my friends who has been a long time resident, and a long time Commissioner/Mayor, called me about this. His impression was that one of the "new" Commissioners could simply offer to accept a two year term. I wondered about drawing straws. Both of us thought either method would be acceptable.
But apparently, the Village Clerk says we have to have an election anyway, simply to find out who comes in last (and gets the two year term).
It's a shame we didn't realize this a couple of weeks or so ago. If we have to spend $12K on an election anyway, it would have been great if Jonathan Groth, Veronica Amsler, and Art Gonzalez had simply resigned, since none of them contributes a thing, and the election we now have to have would also have served to fill their seats.
If we have to spend $12K to accomplish essentially nothing, it would have been much better to spend $12K to accomplish possibly a lot.
Although if Dan Samaria goes along with an adaptive majority, then at least the Commission is no longer dominated by maladaptive people. I still wish it wouldn't have to cost us $12K to get that to happen, maybe, but a Commission that functions is much better than Commissions that don't, which is what we've had for the past eight years.
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