12-24-2016, 03:37 PM
Not a big fan of the OP's initial screed, his bias is well developed on this forum so I thought I'd leave the subject alone in its echo chamber. However, with all due respect, I'd like to paraphrase Opihikaos post to;
"…(Kenoi) has done some great things for this County and has made some poor choices as well…"
I saw Billy recently and he confided how relieved he was to step out of the office and resume private life. He related the burden he had carried everyday, something we on the outside would rarely, if ever, consider of him. Public service is hard if you take it seriously. We look at the caricatures in the HTH of a feckless charlatan and the YouTube videos of some drunk and wonder why we were ever fooled into electing him in 4 consecutive elections (Primary + General's). However these cartoonish representations are what's foolish to rely on.
The reality is that our County was well served by Billy, his competent appointees and his prudent budgetary policies such that we have had massive public works projects to the communities benefit and flat debt service to pay for it. Could Public Works have improved the Permitting process filurther? Yes! Why didn't They? 'cause y'all can't fire everybody and personnel trumps. Policy in government, everytime.
Finally, the brouhaha over the P-Card was shown for what it was by the resounding silence of the HTH/WHT after the juries unanimous verdicts. Thousands of inches of redundant blather, conjecture, and innuendo for months and not a single "whoops, my bad" after the Jury disagreed with the Publisher/Editor.
The consequence of that reporters bonfire of vanities is we got Harry's recoronation....between him and Trump may God have mercy on our souls!
"…(Kenoi) has done some great things for this County and has made some poor choices as well…"
I saw Billy recently and he confided how relieved he was to step out of the office and resume private life. He related the burden he had carried everyday, something we on the outside would rarely, if ever, consider of him. Public service is hard if you take it seriously. We look at the caricatures in the HTH of a feckless charlatan and the YouTube videos of some drunk and wonder why we were ever fooled into electing him in 4 consecutive elections (Primary + General's). However these cartoonish representations are what's foolish to rely on.
The reality is that our County was well served by Billy, his competent appointees and his prudent budgetary policies such that we have had massive public works projects to the communities benefit and flat debt service to pay for it. Could Public Works have improved the Permitting process filurther? Yes! Why didn't They? 'cause y'all can't fire everybody and personnel trumps. Policy in government, everytime.
Finally, the brouhaha over the P-Card was shown for what it was by the resounding silence of the HTH/WHT after the juries unanimous verdicts. Thousands of inches of redundant blather, conjecture, and innuendo for months and not a single "whoops, my bad" after the Jury disagreed with the Publisher/Editor.
The consequence of that reporters bonfire of vanities is we got Harry's recoronation....between him and Trump may God have mercy on our souls!