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' _ U 2 W7 0 It O N O U U G 6 F O N Y S H D W ??��1, Did eve., _.e receive their latest BILL SIME LETTER? Better known in our household as the "ORONO ENQUIRER". I would like to answer and give kry opinion of the letter. NO! I do not want to start paying for the ENQUIRER under the new name "Community Newsletter". And, yes, I did see the ads in the newspapers asking for people who were interested in being considered for the vacant seat to submit a resume. I can't help but wonder if those ads were a sign of the new "open" government we've been promised or just part of another well organized "Dog S Pony Show". I wonder if the two women presently on the council will have a vote on filling that vacant seat? Will the three women who submitted resumes for the vacant council seat really be considered since we already have two women councilmembers? Or, like a group of racing dogs, are they chasing a rabbit being offered, that they can never have? I can't help but wonder if the rest of the candidates aren't in a pony race that has already been fixed and the rest of us being taken for a free pony ride in the name of "open" government. Most people like to forget about campaign brochures and letters to the editor after an election. But, I would like to quote from one "team" brochure I received during the election. It was from "FOUR ORONO CANDIDATES UNITED FOR HARMONY AND PLEDGED TO OPEN, RESPONSIVE CITY GOVERNMENT". The "team" consisted of James Grabek, William Sime, Jr., Edward Callahan and John Nuetzel. In their brochure, the "team" made the statement, "IN THE PAST, SOME PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF ORONO. A FALSE SENSE OF POWER SOMETIMES DOES THAT. OTHER OFFICIALS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE FRUSTRATION OF BEING A SOLITARY VOICE AMONG THEIR PEERS, A VOICE WHILE HEARD, IS OFTEN HAMPERED AND OUT -VOTED. THE RESULT IS A CIT1 COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T FUNCTION AS IT COULD --- AND SHOULD". "WE THINK WE CAN CHANGE THAT." Mayor Grabek and Councilman Sime car change that and all they have to do is get one more "team" member on the council rnd the two women counciimembera wr elected to represent us won't be ab) .o FRUSTRATE THEM OR HAMPER THEIR IDEAS OF HOW THE CITY SHOULD FUNCTION. Let me explain how Mayor Grabek 5 Councilmember Sime could get their 3rd "team" member on the council w+thout a vote from the women council - members. When a statutory city council (such as ours) casts a tie vote while filling a vacancy in its membership, the mayor has the privilege of filling that vacancy by appointment even if the mayor, as a member of the