Recall Annoucement

I’ve received more emails from my last blog than ever before.  Some disparaged the present Village Attorney for the blatant error she made at the last Council meeting and some were requesting an update on the Recall since there has been very little information released lately. 

Currently, we have two individual petitions drafted which call for the removal of both Mayor Shelley Stanczyk and Councilwoman Joan Lindsey.   These petitions can be used at any time to put the Recall in motion by collecting signatures.  Counsel has advised us that petitions are bulletproof.

I, along with other individuals who are involved in the Recall, agreed to put the Recall on hold until we could make the judgment call whether Mayor Stanczyk and Councilwoman Lindsey have actually learned anything from the last election.  I think it was just obvious that the Citizens of Palmetto Bay have had enough of the infighting, games, attacks on Schools and Churches, etc. Somehow all of this is unbelievably still continuing.

You will recall that two incumbents were voted out of office in November. If you go back to a prior election an additional incumbent was booted.  That makes three incumbents who have lost in two elections.  What more could clue Mayor Stanczyk and Councilwomen Lindsey to the fact that the Village is not conducting itself in a way that represents its constituents?  

We were also hoping that the new Council could bring some professionalism to the Village deliberations. It seems to be somewhat balanced at this time and we’re hoping this helps the Village heal from some of the wounds inflicted over the past two years. 

I’ve received a few hate emails since I’ve started blogging and it really doesn’t faze me because I believe everyone has a right to their opinion.   My favorite phase is “let’s just agree to disagree”.  In other words, a disagreement should not impede an honest civil discourse.  For instance, both Mayor Stanczyk and Councilwoman Lindsay have totally different opinions that I have when it comes to how this Community should be run.   I can accept that.  What I can’t accept is the constant misinformation they both disseminate to reach their goals.  Waste a couple hours of your time and watch any of the Council Meeting – you may not be able to detect it as a casual viewer, but if you check their “facts” -  they most often are not true.

It seems as though some individuals will vote for any candidate no matter how morally bankrupt or dishonest they are as long as they have the same political agenda.  It’s purely a means to an end.   There are people out there that have, would and will vote for both Mayor Stanczyk and Councilwoman Lindsey again because they have the same goals and don’t really care how dishonestly they are achieved. 

I would like to think that any damage that has been bestowed upon the Village of Palmetto Bay by Mayor Stanczyk and Councilwoman Lindsey will be reversed in two years by a New Mayor and Council once these individuals have been unceremoniously elected out of office.

Isn’t that what Mayor Stanczyk and Councilwoman Lindsey are currently attempting to do, reverse an agenda implemented by former Mayor Gene Flynn and the prior Council?  The Village built a Skate park in 2006, now it’s time to tear it down and spend $250,000 for mini soccer fields in 2013.  The Mayor would misinform you that it’s a litigation nightmare, but, a public information request for all litigation associated with the Skate Park so far reveals nothing.

To my point, the Mayor can basically state anything she wants on the dais, but she very rarely has real facts to support her position.  They just aren’t there. Now is that considered lying or putting out misinformation? I’ll let you be the judge.  It is what I wrote “a means to the end”.   

 

As for the Recall, we stand ready to start the process of collecting signatures and commencing the process at a moment’s notice.  In the spirit of fairness, new council members Tim Schaffer and John DuBois deserve some time to find their bearings to see if they can right a ship that’s been listing for an extended time. Maybe they along with Patrick Fiore will help steer our Village back down an honest and moral path.

David Singer