After watching the city council meeting Tuesday April 8th 2008 I was initially thinking I was having a confusing "Senior Moment". After listening with patience I see we have a divided city council with an agenda and that the City Council President should be called to task for putting out a non paying appointment for Trustee to the Cemetery Department out for "bid". The trustee resigned changed his mind applied after" bids" closed,
After a long discussion and a review back and forth and even after asking the City Solicitor and getting an opinion no agreement on the situation was reached and even after the original trustee was confirmed it was left open for re-consideration. It seemed at least one long time councilor was embarrassed by the prolonged discussion. It seems "no rule of law" on city "books"
My take on the situation was that some councilors feel that they should resist the rights of the citizens of Malden to participate in Municipal decision making and object to the Council president reaching out to the general public to invite them to participate in THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
The city planning board (at great expense) ran a "Vision For Malden Workshops throughout the
City with great participation.
Mass Senior Action Metro North Chapter participated and saw one of their concerns addressed.
Maximize and improve citizen participation in municipal decision-making:
The high level of citizen participation is another important and distictive problem to be solved in Malden. Citizens serve of boards and commissions and help fomulate policy and advise the city council.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCILOR CHRISTENSEN FOR TRYING
Malden Senior
Howard McGowan
349 Pleasant Street
Malden, Ma 02148
781 324 8076
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