Lady Liberty, aint no sunshine when shes gone – only darkness every day. Our St. Pete house just aint a home when she goes away. You can forget about solar panels in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mayor Rick Baker has completely robbed the city of all sunshine. And as for Lady Liberty, I wonder if shes gone to stay. (Click here to hear the song thats already playing in your head)
The St. Pete times recently reported that agenda items that come before the St. Petersburg City Council are a done deal before they are brought to a public forum, according to Councilman Jim Kennedy. This means that any time you or any member of the public speak at a city hearing, your testimony and evidence will not be considered by the board because they have already made up their mind in a meeting with the mayor days before. It may be a done deal because it has been analyzed and its been massaged said Kennedy, who openly admits that the Mayor regularly conducts private meetings with council members to ensure his ideas will get a majority vote.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 7, 2009.
