Scherman, CDD Showdown Set
Call it The Showdown at the Elk Grove City Council with this question - Who'll blink first. On Wednesday, July 28 the Elk Grove City ...
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Call it The Showdown at the Elk Grove City Council with this question - Who'll blink first.
On Wednesday, July 28 the Elk Grove City Council will conduct a special meeting to consider whether or not Council Member Sophia Scherman's title of Mayor be stripped from her for the remainder of the year. This meeting comes as a result of a meeting Scherman hastily scheduled on Tuesday, July 20 for Wednesday, July 21.
The July 21 meeting's stated purpose was to form an ad-hoc committee of council members to explore options on dealing with group homes housing juvenile sex offenders. Council members Jim Cooper, Gary Davis and Steve Detrick were unable to attend the meeting citing scheduling conflicts.
Aside from citing scheduling conflicts, Cooper, Davis and Detrick had a joint letter read into the record questioning Scherman's scheduling of the meeting at an early hour, the need for the meeting given the item would appear on the following regular meeting agenda and Scherman's unwillingness to reschedule the meeting given her knowledge all three were unavailable.
Scherman's 'deceitful' behavior
The letter went on to condemn Scherman for what they said was "deceitful behavior of the past' [city council's] and added that it "must not be repeated." The statement concluded with the declaration that a special meeting would be convened to "discuss the role of the Mayor and also to consider the appointment of the Mayor for 2010.”
Political implications
While internal conflicts are nothing new to the Elk Grove City Council, this particular conflict has particular implications for Cooper, Davis and Pat Hume.
For Cooper, the outcome and whether or not Scherman is stripped of her duties could become cannon fodder for his opponent, Scott Jones, in the race to be the next Sheriff of Sacramento County.
The showdown will surely become an issue for Davis who is being challenged by Jimmie Johnson, a past Cosumnes Community Services District director candidate. Johnson will undoubtedly use this as an issue as he has already said he will remind voters of “a real ugly side of Elk Grove politics.”
Hume, whose popularity and reputation in Elk Grove politics seems to be on the same projectile as former council members Dan Briggs and Mike Leary, faces a no-win situation.
Supporting Scherman's actions can paint him as a puppet of the person who midwifed his political career. Likewise, turning his back on Scherman will label his as disloyal.
The question at Wednesday's meeting will be; Who will blink first.
On Wednesday, July 28 the Elk Grove City Council will conduct a special meeting to consider whether or not Council Member Sophia Scherman's title of Mayor be stripped from her for the remainder of the year. This meeting comes as a result of a meeting Scherman hastily scheduled on Tuesday, July 20 for Wednesday, July 21.
The July 21 meeting's stated purpose was to form an ad-hoc committee of council members to explore options on dealing with group homes housing juvenile sex offenders. Council members Jim Cooper, Gary Davis and Steve Detrick were unable to attend the meeting citing scheduling conflicts.
Aside from citing scheduling conflicts, Cooper, Davis and Detrick had a joint letter read into the record questioning Scherman's scheduling of the meeting at an early hour, the need for the meeting given the item would appear on the following regular meeting agenda and Scherman's unwillingness to reschedule the meeting given her knowledge all three were unavailable.
Scherman's 'deceitful' behavior
The letter went on to condemn Scherman for what they said was "deceitful behavior of the past' [city council's] and added that it "must not be repeated." The statement concluded with the declaration that a special meeting would be convened to "discuss the role of the Mayor and also to consider the appointment of the Mayor for 2010.”
Political implications
While internal conflicts are nothing new to the Elk Grove City Council, this particular conflict has particular implications for Cooper, Davis and Pat Hume.
For Cooper, the outcome and whether or not Scherman is stripped of her duties could become cannon fodder for his opponent, Scott Jones, in the race to be the next Sheriff of Sacramento County.
The showdown will surely become an issue for Davis who is being challenged by Jimmie Johnson, a past Cosumnes Community Services District director candidate. Johnson will undoubtedly use this as an issue as he has already said he will remind voters of “a real ugly side of Elk Grove politics.”
Hume, whose popularity and reputation in Elk Grove politics seems to be on the same projectile as former council members Dan Briggs and Mike Leary, faces a no-win situation.
Supporting Scherman's actions can paint him as a puppet of the person who midwifed his political career. Likewise, turning his back on Scherman will label his as disloyal.
The question at Wednesday's meeting will be; Who will blink first.
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This whole thing has spun way out of control.
Putting the political bluster aside, the focus needs to stay on the nine homes and as Joe Friday would say, "Just the Facts."
Let me state as a father, no parent wants their child put in harms way. No disagreement on this.
There have been a lot of allegations made regarding the residents of this home but there been no substantial evidence presented. Let's look at some police reports or any other information that might be available so we are discussing the matter on a factual, not emotional basis.
Mr. Willard, perhaps you could start here. There was extensive information provided at the last OFFICIAL EGCC meeting and I'm sure more information will be forthcoming at the EGCC Meeting July 28th...seems we have some council members who are working FOR the community instead of trying to tear it apart....you know how those "hard charging Latino women" are....still trying to figure out what Ms. Scherman means by that. Believe it's a military term, assume she's trying to take the city into battle. Think she maybe misunderstood her title of "Mayor" and thought they said "MAJOR".
This was taken from the "Help Protect Our Children" web site.
http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=incaco20090423042
Well, from what I'm hearing it seems another city council member has succeeded in pitting neighbor against neighbor and resident against resident at another EG City Council Meeting. IMO, The best decision Ms. Scherman could make in trying to make this city whole again is to voluntarily step down and put her efforts behind healing the city.
We just had a very ugly situation a few weeks ago...let's not go there again. Surely we all deserve more than putting ourselves above all else. You're not the only one of us to make mistakes that's for sure, but let's work harder to make it better. Be the strong Latino woman you said you were. Do you have ANY idea what WE (EG) can accomplish if we just join hands....or am I just dreaming again? Guess we'll see.
A MAYOR'S CREED:
"When any principle, law, tenet, probability, happening, circumstance, or result can in no way be directly, indirectly, empirically, or circuitously proven, derived, implied, inferred, induced, deducted, estimated, or scientifically guessed, it will always for the purpose of convenience, expediency, political advantage, material gain, or personal comfort, or any combination of the above, or none of the above, be unilaterally and unequivocally assumed, proclaimed, and adhered to as absolute truth to be undeniably, universally, immutably, and infinitely so, until such time as it becomes advantageous to assume otherwise, maybe."
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