tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post95811150497884990..comments2023-04-13T07:18:14.262-07:00Comments on Courierwatch: The Katan sagaSteven Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-5989386177707761472009-10-19T14:19:01.344-07:002009-10-19T14:19:01.344-07:00Lora, I much appreciate your sharing this here, bu...Lora, I much appreciate your sharing this here, but I also hope that you've submitted this to the Courier and other outlets, it deserves wider distribution. The voters need more of this sort of open, clear communication about what's going on at City Hall.Steven Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-4906966036564893612009-10-17T12:32:46.406-07:002009-10-17T12:32:46.406-07:00As a current, and entirely embarrassed, City of Pr...As a current, and entirely embarrassed, City of Prescott Council member, I felt the need to speak up about our election issues. First, I was never informed of the appeal. I want the citizens of Prescott to know that there are decisions being made that are not run by this Council as a whole. All of this "election mess" could have been prevented months ago. Second, during 3 different Council meetings I have requested that the City Manager put together a Charter Committee to start reviewing our Charter and cleaning up the language that is ambiguous. That still has not been done. We have had a series of election mishaps this year, all due to the Charter language. This last issue is not about Katan, but following our Charter direction. Katan was ok with being a write-in on the ballot, and it was understood that a notice would be placed in the ballot envelope since the requirement is to notice the voter at the polling place and the polling place in a mail-only election is in the voter's home. As far as I have been informed that was the direction to the County, but apparently the County chose not to do that, I have never fully been told what happened. The City of Prescott should have made sure this would be a fair and Charter abiding election by placing the notice of a write-in candidate in the ballot and then the current lawsuit would have never happened. I want the public to know that this is my opinion only, I am not speaking for any City staff or other Councilmembers. I do want the public to know that the Council is often under-informed (or some times not informed at all) on major issues that we, as the elected leaders of this community, should be involved in as an entire Council. My understanding is that the decision to go forward with the appeal process was made by the Mayor, City Attorney and City Manager and I was informed of this via emails AFTER 5pm yesterday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413928513667785094noreply@blogger.com