The Arkansas City Commission will hold a Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Center
You may ask about anything you like
Depending on how many people show up, time for each speaker may be limited.
City officials want to hear what is on your mind, and what you want them to do.
I will try to have a live blog going. It is a bit iffy at this point, so again, don't be totally surprised if it doesn't work. You should be at the meeting anyway.
At the same time, Arkansas City Police Chief Sean Wallace will be holding a special program at the Brown Center Cowley College
There will be presentations by officers, and a speaker who was seriously injured in an alcohol related car wreck, will address the audience.
Wallace says there is a serious problem with underage drinking in Arkansas City
Our local leaders don't care what is on the mind of the citizens, just like the representatives in D.C. I have been at commission meetings in the past where citizens have voiced their concerns on a variety of issues, only to have the city proceed with spending. I know of NO ISSUE where a citizen's concerns were respected!!
ReplyDeleteActually, it has happened...it just depends who the citizen is and how much the city stands to profit.
ReplyDeleteI have been at commission meetings in the past where citizens have voiced their concerns
ReplyDeleteYou gave yourself away when you walked in the meeting with that bucket of tar and that bag of feathers.
I dont mean to be a "company man" here, but ... ive been going to city commission meetings for years. They do actually bend over backwards to hear people.
ReplyDeleteThey put up with a lot more crap than I would, from angry people who dont have a clue what they are talking about but want to just spew their anger on anyone they can.
There is a segment of time at every meeting where the public can speak. rarely does anyone, heck rarely does anyone (except 2-3 people) attend meetings. Very often I (and maybe another reporter) am the only non-employee or non-elected, people there..
I have been to a lot of different commission meetings in different cities and states. Here they will even let someone from the audience speak in the middle of a meeting while they are discussing an issue.
I have never heard of that anywhere else.
In most cities security would be called and you would be arrested for disrupting a meeting. Here you get to speak....
but its probably a trick. they are secretly not listening to you, and are probably making fun of you by texting each other comments about you while you speak.
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jj
Good post JJ,
ReplyDeleteI doubt anyone really attends those meetings unless they have a cob up their posterior!
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Thats too bad!
The same people they elect are just that! The same!
It's probably time to focus on issues and answers and not on the PEOPLE!