Village Council is ready to choose a new member
New Council member nominees were introduced at the Village Council meeting last night.
Members Michelle Niemeyer, Lottie Person and activist Charles Gibson chose three out of six people, earlier in the week, who applied for the position.
The three chosen are Richard Conway, Harlene Kennedy and Adam Weirich. They spoke a bit to the council, sort of a little campaign speech by each.
Richard likes to talk on and on (but so do I) he does know what he is talking about, and he has some great ideas for the Grove, but I did start to glass over after awhile. While his ideas such as filling empty storefronts, doing something with the black info booths and the usual rhetoric sounds good, he had no concrete solutions, only pointing out the obvious.
Harlene doesn't seem to bring anything to the table except the fact that she works for a law firm that deals with other cities, mostly Islamorada, in the Keys, so maybe she could answer legal questions if they come up. She doesn't seem local enough though, she's only been in the Grove a short time and spends most of her time outside the Grove, it seems. Her interests seem to lie elsewhere. I like Village Council members that live and work and spend most of their time in the Grove, simply because they see all aspects of life here that way and if they are going to be calling the shots on the Village Council, they should know the Grove inside and out.
I like running into them on the streets on a daily basis and like to know they are one of us.
Adam, I liked, because he seems to read the Grapevine daily -- cover to cover. He mentioned reading things in the newspaper, but everything he mentioned was only covered here. But seriously, he is in his 30s, younger than everyone else up for consideration and currently on the council (except maybe Michelle) and he would add a breath of fresh air to the Council. He would bring a different perspective, a younger perspective and maybe show things in a different light.
I liked the fact that he wants to fight city hall, he has a plan of attack and seems to want to champion all the causes we talk about here daily. He named so many issues that bug him like the code enforcement harassment of restaurants and the wasted black info booths and so many other things that affect us all. I also think he would get his younger friends involved in many causes and just bring fresh blood and perspective to issues.
He is the one I would choose if asked. Adam Weirich.
March 5, there is a special meeting, where the Village Council will chose the new member.
Members Michelle Niemeyer, Lottie Person and activist Charles Gibson chose three out of six people, earlier in the week, who applied for the position.
The three chosen are Richard Conway, Harlene Kennedy and Adam Weirich. They spoke a bit to the council, sort of a little campaign speech by each.
Richard likes to talk on and on (but so do I) he does know what he is talking about, and he has some great ideas for the Grove, but I did start to glass over after awhile. While his ideas such as filling empty storefronts, doing something with the black info booths and the usual rhetoric sounds good, he had no concrete solutions, only pointing out the obvious.
Harlene doesn't seem to bring anything to the table except the fact that she works for a law firm that deals with other cities, mostly Islamorada, in the Keys, so maybe she could answer legal questions if they come up. She doesn't seem local enough though, she's only been in the Grove a short time and spends most of her time outside the Grove, it seems. Her interests seem to lie elsewhere. I like Village Council members that live and work and spend most of their time in the Grove, simply because they see all aspects of life here that way and if they are going to be calling the shots on the Village Council, they should know the Grove inside and out.
I like running into them on the streets on a daily basis and like to know they are one of us.
Adam, I liked, because he seems to read the Grapevine daily -- cover to cover. He mentioned reading things in the newspaper, but everything he mentioned was only covered here. But seriously, he is in his 30s, younger than everyone else up for consideration and currently on the council (except maybe Michelle) and he would add a breath of fresh air to the Council. He would bring a different perspective, a younger perspective and maybe show things in a different light.
I liked the fact that he wants to fight city hall, he has a plan of attack and seems to want to champion all the causes we talk about here daily. He named so many issues that bug him like the code enforcement harassment of restaurants and the wasted black info booths and so many other things that affect us all. I also think he would get his younger friends involved in many causes and just bring fresh blood and perspective to issues.
He is the one I would choose if asked. Adam Weirich.
March 5, there is a special meeting, where the Village Council will chose the new member.
posted by Tom Falco at 9:00 AM
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2 Comments:
Hey, Grape. You are now officially MY HERO, if you really believe I'm around Adam's age. I LOVE YOU! :)
I agree 100%. I watched on TV last night, and he was the only one that seemed to have something to say and a real passion. Being a year or so younger than Adam and a 6+year resident of the Grove, his being brought onto the board would be huge in my opinion. He really wants our business to thrive, understands economics and business and is truly a Grove person.
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