Yet again, to the thick-as-a-brick set, there IS harm if such task forces are used as a platform by people with the malevolent intent to attack the BOE. That has been the pattern for three decades. That is why Lisa Rapose, Ernie Wetzel, Preston Schultze, Steve Rosendahl all want one established. Snuffy
I AM a fan of task forces and such committees to look at the details of something (such as the Telecommunications Task Force, for example). I think if done without an axe to grind and executed properly, they can be used by the boards to assist in studying issues that our elected volunteers may not always have a chance to get to. I’m thinking of these task forces in broad terms, not in terms of setting one up only to go after the BOE and further harass them. If many folks in town felt that we needed a task force to only study the intricacies of Prop 46 (for example) I wouldn’t have a problem with that. I know you feel it’s a complete waste of time and that everything in Woodstock has already been study circled to death. I’m just of the opinion that a few fresh sets of eyes could possibly find something that was overlooked before. You don’t have to agree with me. As long as no taxpayer dollars are being spent on these task forces, I don’t find any harm in them. Again, that’s assuming that none of them be used to target or attack an elected board. I would not be in favor of that. Read the rest of this entry »
