I think they’ve been holding secret meetings, which is against the law, in an effort to get rid of Kris Swanson because she “stepped on council’s toes.” It wasn’t ‘even THEIR toes but the previous council’s. Longview will lose a valuable, intelligent, hard working, and very knowledgeable City Manager if they fire Kris and who will they replace her with? A former Longview police officer? How much do you think he knows about running a city. This is a recipe for disaster and a lawsuit.
And THIS is what the four council members consider wise use of their time and my tax dollars?! I see lots of lawsuits in our future if they keep going with this ridiculous and reckless behavior. I want to see copies of emails and texts between these "transparent" officials.
So much for transparency and the fig leaf of suggesting that surprise is an element of transparency. If the proponent has so much faith in their resolution and it will remain unchanged, then they should have released it for citizens to read. Let's see what the public records regarding how this resolution may have changed between day one (when initially drafted) and the date of the release and if there was a chain beyond the one-on-one.
IMO there appears to be too much ego and self-righteousness on the majority side and time would be better of spent working to develop solutions together rather than punishing or threatening those that they deem unacceptable or unwilling to rubber stamp their edicts.
Thanks Andre for the excellent reporting - especially in light of the absence of any TDN coverage. Looks like amateur hour on the Council- but that’s doing a disservice to amateurs everywhere.
Thank you, Andre, for the clearer view of what’s apparently going on with our elected officials on the city council.
I think they’ve been holding secret meetings, which is against the law, in an effort to get rid of Kris Swanson because she “stepped on council’s toes.” It wasn’t ‘even THEIR toes but the previous council’s. Longview will lose a valuable, intelligent, hard working, and very knowledgeable City Manager if they fire Kris and who will they replace her with? A former Longview police officer? How much do you think he knows about running a city. This is a recipe for disaster and a lawsuit.
And THIS is what the four council members consider wise use of their time and my tax dollars?! I see lots of lawsuits in our future if they keep going with this ridiculous and reckless behavior. I want to see copies of emails and texts between these "transparent" officials.
Mary, you can submit a public records request for any or all of the council members. I’ll try to find the link and will post it here.
https://www.commerce.wa.gov/media-center/public-records-request/
So much for transparency and the fig leaf of suggesting that surprise is an element of transparency. If the proponent has so much faith in their resolution and it will remain unchanged, then they should have released it for citizens to read. Let's see what the public records regarding how this resolution may have changed between day one (when initially drafted) and the date of the release and if there was a chain beyond the one-on-one.
IMO there appears to be too much ego and self-righteousness on the majority side and time would be better of spent working to develop solutions together rather than punishing or threatening those that they deem unacceptable or unwilling to rubber stamp their edicts.
Thank you, Andre, for your valuable reporting.
Thanks Andre for the excellent reporting - especially in light of the absence of any TDN coverage. Looks like amateur hour on the Council- but that’s doing a disservice to amateurs everywhere.