Greg Roach's Berkshires Blog
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
  Losing Respect
Just one quick thought among many about tonight's City Council meeting. A former elected official who tries to settle old scores in a public meeting while blaming others out of one side of his mouth and claiming to be accountable out of the other is not doing his considerable legacy any favors.

I have my own thoughts on the budget and the proposed override and will get those into writing in the next few days, but the rancor and ill-will displayed this evening have knocked my level of respect for this certain former official down several pegs.
 
Comments:
Glad to see you using the long form blog again to share your observations.
 
a true leader is someone who goes out stands alone looks stupid for a cause.... they believe is right...GO JB111
 
Greg, at least after the 'former elected official' was called out on the underfunding of the medical insurance trust, and trying to get the former treasurer to tell the meeting that the medical insurance trust was fully funded, he sort of admitted that the trust wasn't funded....but in spite of this 'former elected official's' micromanagement, he blamed the former treasurer for the shortfall.
 
It was Mr. Barrett's two attempts to blame Nancy Ziter that shocked me. I honestly thought he was bigger than that.
 
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