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<br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />From: Dan Coughlin <dcoughli@isd.net> <br />To: JULIE OLSEN <GEM. REAL TOR@worldnet.att.net> <br />Date: Friday, July 30, 1999 8:30 AM <br />Subject: Reason why Linkes and Oberts get into office <br /> <br />Julie, <br /> <br />I am late for work but I wanted to pass this copy of an email question <br />and answer on to you seeing that the vast majority of the initial note <br />stems from a reaction to you and other charter members at the last <br />meeting. <br /> <br />I must say that although everyone is subject to their own opinions, <br />letters like the one I received (at the bottom of my response) and <br />having folks like Bill Doty accuse me of "not listening" and "doing only <br />what you want;" and those like Mr. Oman who somehow think that I am <br />completely out of touch and not a "person sitting in these seats instead <br />of way up there." - those unkind accusations (teeth kicking contests I <br />call them) truly take all of the joy and energy out of this job. <br />Suffice to say there is damn little joy and energy in it to start <br />with.... but having people like those make huge and broad assumptions <br />about me is harmful to the discussion and hurtful to me. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />As you can obviously attest having run meetings now at the Charter Comm. <br />and being part of the EDC - this job is hard and involves much, much <br />more than showing up at a meeting. I will make the assumption here that <br />I am the best prepared member of the council on almost all issues simply <br />because I read absolutely everything AND I ask questions of staff and <br />others prior to meetings so to be able to move things along and dialogue <br />at a deeper level. <br /> <br />I take large offense at the insinuation from several charter commission <br />members that I wasn't listening and didn't care about them. The dirty <br />little secret in this town is that whenever the council does anything <br />outside 100% agreement with someone, we are accused of having an <br />"agenda" or "not listening to the people" Case in point is that Bill <br />Doty - someone who has never talked or written to me about ANYTHING much <br />less term limits - made the accusation in public, on camera, that <br />somehow I didn't give a shit about the issue and that 1 was simply <br />trying to shut him down. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Pardon the french, but GOD DAMN IT.... I was the one who has been <br />working behind the scenes to get rid of this issue. Although you may <br />take exception with some elements of my motion made last Monday -I GAVE <br />THE COMMISSION WHAT THEY WANTED!!!!! Oddly enough everyone, including <br />you, still continued to kick teeth in after that. It was a proper place <br />and setting for the council to give direction to the city <br />8/1/99 <br />