I was catching up on my opponent's appearance yesterday on Glen Curry's Live at Five show and notice the continued swipes at my record are effectively delivered, not always factual, and seldom have anything to do with the future, which is what the current race is about.
We have gone through the compare and contrast portion of the campaign and I have tried to look ahead on issues like what the new Parks and Recreation Department should accomplish. We also need to refocus on issues we have talked about before like establishing a retail ethos to dealings with the public and how they pay taxes and water bills.
Instead, it was like Sherman and Mr. Peabody and the WABAC (Way Back) Machine as my opponent mused to Glen on what he has divined were my views on the power purchase agreement inked in the Walker years between the City and Niagara Mohawk ( now Grid).
I wasn't there for the municipal power debate, but once forming a muni was dismissed the deferred payment deal with NiMo was as good as one could expect.
A check of the facts shows the Councils I was on did rebuff efforts by NiMo to weasel out of the sweetheart deal. We also struggled with a complex and costly relicensing and rebuilding of the Marble Street Plant to increase production so that today's revenues were possible.
Then there was the sweeping statement that I hadn't been to the Arena in 16 years but that the "guys down there" told him I was there recently. Mr. Smith claims an intimate knowledge of the operation that I only gained after discovering accounting problems that led to an audit and reworking of the operation.
'I have been to the debates and forums and listened to year's of speeches by us all at Council meetings.
I know what happened in the past and am proud of much of it.
I also know people want to talk about the future and what can be done....Time for Sherman to turn off the Way Back Machine.
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What happened to your notion of "past performance" is a predictor of "future performance"? I agree 100% with your notion and your past performance shows you will support the status quo. I think the Way Back Machine is who you are.
That would be a revisionist WABAC machine.
As long as we are looking backwards...but not at dirt because that is off limits...
How did you feel about the city trying to start an ambulance service? An issue spearheaded by Smith after he lost his employment with the contractor that our ambulance service is contracted to?
How did you feel about demolition on the American hotel and iron block sites? After the city leaders studied and obtained professional opinions, it was determined they had to come down. But then smith threw a lawsuit at that in the 11th hour, thereby costing the city legal fees and delay fees to the contractor.
How did you feel about redoing the public square and repairing parking with an added bathroom behind the square? It sure is beautiful now. (But I know as mayor you should have done better water pipe calculations and not relied on those high paid engineers who were actually paid to do them.)
Anyway...do you think that was a waste of money...and people are just too lazy to walk and don't deserve parking spaces?
How about the Byrne Dairy and Kinney Drugs on Coffeen Street? Do you approve of zoning changes made to accommodate these essential businesses or were you in Smiths camp thinking it ruins the quaint neighborhood, so zoning laws are set in stone?
Mr. Graham I am a supporter but I would say that you should be careful of your temperament. I'm following both sides and mr. smith seems to talk about both of your records. I'm sure he gets as many negative junk about you and him on his website. I say stick to issues and your records, don't loose my support
Mr. Smith - "grasping at straws", "shooting in the dark", "mountains from molehills" and other non-descript labels.
Stand on your record...and it might not hurt to show them the balance in the reserve fund. Mr. Smith needs more than a family to perform the job...and he just does not have it.
Smith can have that reserve spent in no time on solar panels.
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