12-30-2015, 07:11 AM
People criticize the Mayor when he's visible and they criticize him when he's not visible. What expertise does Billy bring that would supplement the combined expertise of the CDC, the Department of Health and the Civil Defense staff? Given the level of animosity of some people, his appearance at the info meetings might be more of a distraction than an enhancement (remember all the "Save the monkey pod" people who sidetracked the Pahoa lava meetings???) I'd rather have a Mayor who delegates responsibility to the appropriate people and serves as a manager rather than a show horse who strives for lots of attention but doesn't bring much to the party.