It's good to know our City Council treats it's citizens with respect. Oh wait!

From Approved City Council Minutes of May 25, 2010.

Ron Wambolt, Edmonds, referred to email communication with Councilmember Buckshnis prompted by a levy proposal he sent to Councilmember on May 11. He qualified his proposal with three assumptions, 1) approximately $600,000 in Fire District 1 receipts would be returned to the General Fund, 2) pay increases for 2011 and 2012 be limited to 2.5% versus the 3.5% in the forecast, and 3) the ending balance for each year would be no lower than $3 million. Councilmember Buckshnis disagreed with his assumptions, stating that was how misinformation got disseminated. He acknowledged
Councilmember Buckshnis’ right to disagree with his assumptions; however, in the context they were provided, they were not misinformation.

In a series of emails that followed, that was the last reference to the levy proposal and Councilmember Buckshnis proceeded to criticize him for other alleged failings including why he had not audited the Fire District 1 numbers and that if he had listened to her and others it may have been possible to save the City $1 – $1½ million. Councilmember Buckshnis arrived at that conclusion via a flawed analysis by totaling expenses that included compensation and not other expenses incurred by Fire District 1. He suggested if Councilmember Buckshnis audited Fire District 1 costs, she would find the contract with Fire District 1 was a bargain for Edmonds. Next, he disagreed with Councilmember Buckshnis’ assertion that $400,000 was removed from the REET fund, commenting she did not understand the 2009 REET statement. Finally she insulted him with a statement that it was no wonder he did not get past the primary and speculated he had a problem with intelligent women.

He quoted from an email by Councilmember Fraley-Monillas, “do not waste your time Diane with him, he still thinks he is on Council as evident by attending every event and meeting possible...you need to consider his age and his need to remain involved no matter if he is correct or not. Kind of sad.” Mr. Wambolt invited the public to email him at RRWambolt@msn.com to read the emails.