Terrell Brown wrote: I disagree with the comment about not being the council's role. We have a process for selecting a Chief which includes approval by the city's Executive Committee AND the City Council. The Mayor is merely making a nomination or recommendation.
I don't want my Councilmember to be the Mayor's rubber stamp. MM responds: I agree the Council should not just be a rubber stamp. They should look critically at who the Mayor recommends. But, I believe they should be looking specifically at the nomination before them and determining if that individual is qualified. Instead, several are looking comparatively at who the Mayor is not selecting and pre-determining that they won't approve who he does select. The Mayor couldn't possibly select the top choice of all 13 Council Members, because all 13 Council Members would not agree on a top choice. Goodman and Colvin Roy are unhappy the Mayor didn't select a woman. Niziolek is unhappy he isn't selecting from within the department. Somebody else could be unhappy if he didn't select an outsider or a minority, etc. etc. Using those standards to approve or not approve a nominee seems shortsighted and ineffectual. Council members should be looking at Rybak's nominee and determing whether that person could serve effectively in the position. If they don't think the final nominee would serve the city well, they should vote no. That is not what I hear them saying about the two potential candidates. Michelle Martin Armatage REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
