Middletown's New Vice Mayor

She wanted to v-p badly enough. Let's see how much more she can talk during council comments. Also, watch the dynamics between she  and A.J.

from my relative who works for the city and is close to some council members. i think council dynamics will be a thing to watch this year and may be disrupting to growth of the city.

Congratulations goes out to Ms. Scott-Jones. I like her spunk and her feistiness when questioning some of the topics that come before Council. Perhaps this will give her a chance to replace Mulligan in leading the meetings and she will relax the Mulligan rule of "not being prepared at this time to answer questions". She seems a bit frustrated at times judging by the look on her face at the council meetings. She offers a change and is better than the rubber stamp "yes" answers to all the "emergency" legislation that Landen presents each meeting. (Like to see Smith, Picard and Laubach adopt the same spunk/ feistiness also) Don't think Picard will. Seems too much like the others to be an independent operator. Seems not one of the councilmembers hesitates to approve everything and anything that is offered. Didn't think Armbruster was, nor is, effective in any role he has played on council. Glad to see him out as vice-mayor. Wish he was out as a councilman also. I would imagine Becker didn't want the hassle associated with the mayor/vice-mayor city representation duties.

Wasteful:

Wasteful, This issue and many others in this town are a big deal, I didn't mean for it to sound like it wasn't. But it is not the end of the world either, the city is laying off 7 people and paying them a severance package. Companies do this all the time. . I think the best comment made was why not let them work for a month and just pay them.  Hell the bigger issue to me is the council retreat I keep hearing about. Who pays for that? I am sure it is us the tax payer, is this the best time for such a expenditure