WSCO meeting swayed

By Sara Reller
Saturday, December 09, 2006 at 3:12 am

The recent West Side Citizens Organization annual meeting elected a board of directors very favorable developer Jerry Trooien’s Bridges of St. Paul project. According to a study 46% of eligible voters in the annual meeting were either employees and volunteers. People were eligible to vote in the election if they live, work, own a business, or volunteer. After the vote several members of the audience proposed a change in the bylaws to disallow volunteers and employees voting rights. This was tabled until a future meeting and will be voted on by the new board.

According to the Pioneer Press:

More than half of the volunteers who voted that night

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Swiftee
Comment posted December 9, 2006 @ 12:29 pm

Did you know that if you offer a rabbit a carrot it will probably eat it? So Jerry Trooien rallied people whom he believed were sympathetic to his cause to cast votes to which they were entitled, and after his opponents saw that they had been out organized and outflanked they demanded that the rules be changed immediatly to suit them.

(Whew…Let me catch my breath..)

And you also say that the newly elected board is likely to find some people who agree with them and some that don’t.

Wow, thanks for that.


MNO
Comment posted December 9, 2006 @ 9:17 pm

Swiftee wrong again Now what if Mr. Tooien had offered a new car to everyone who had showed up, hoked up some “volunteer” work and cast a vote his way?

Apparently Swiftee would be just fine with it! After all, it’s not against the rules.  Where in the by laws does it say that those who show up to vote in exchange for a new car are not to be counted?

(Not that Swiftee has ever actually participated in any civic exercise before or anything)

But no, no one has demanded that RULES BE CHANGED!!!  Those who have been elected will take office.  There is no challenge to them at all.

Swiftee has, again, inserted his imaginary events into the real things that happend.  No one is challenging Trooien’s slate.  It will take charge on Monday and we will see if they are – as they insist – people who exercise their own judgment or if they are those who are sock puppets.

And if they do exactly as JLT has told them, well….. 


swiftee
Comment posted December 11, 2006 @ 9:33 am

Can-you-read? “After the vote several members of the audience proposed a change in the bylaws to disallow volunteers and employees voting rights.”

Sober up!


Swiftee
Comment posted December 9, 2006 @ 6:29 am

Did you know that if you offer a rabbit a carrot it will probably eat it? So Jerry Trooien rallied people whom he believed were sympathetic to his cause to cast votes to which they were entitled, and after his opponents saw that they had been out organized and outflanked they demanded that the rules be changed immediatly to suit them.

(Whew…Let me catch my breath..)

And you also say that the newly elected board is likely to find some people who agree with them and some that don't.

Wow, thanks for that.


MNO
Comment posted December 9, 2006 @ 3:17 pm

Swiftee wrong again Now what if Mr. Tooien had offered a new car to everyone who had showed up, hoked up some “volunteer” work and cast a vote his way?

Apparently Swiftee would be just fine with it! After all, it's not against the rules.  Where in the by laws does it say that those who show up to vote in exchange for a new car are not to be counted?

(Not that Swiftee has ever actually participated in any civic exercise before or anything)

But no, no one has demanded that RULES BE CHANGED!!!  Those who have been elected will take office.  There is no challenge to them at all.

Swiftee has, again, inserted his imaginary events into the real things that happend.  No one is challenging Trooien's slate.  It will take charge on Monday and we will see if they are – as they insist – people who exercise their own judgment or if they are those who are sock puppets.

And if they do exactly as JLT has told them, well….. 


swiftee
Comment posted December 11, 2006 @ 3:33 am

Can-you-read? “After the vote several members of the audience proposed a change in the bylaws to disallow volunteers and employees voting rights.”

Sober up!


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