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What will the New London voters do about the lies & broken deals?

 “Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.”
Lysander Spooner

New London has outdone itself with the change to a strong mayoral form of government. Could it ever have been imagined that New London could have in place a mayor that displays a complete and total disregard not only for the charter of the city but for the good of each and every taxpaying citizen? One would think not.

When examined more closely the roots of the mess that New London is in began to take hold with the last charter review commission. The panel of citizens charged with reviewing the charter and putting forward a proposal to the city council had the purist of intent. The problem was that the proposal from the panel was meant to be put to the voters in the format proposed not as a pieces and parts proposal. The city council at the time was filled with mayor hopefuls each of which had a design and plan to be the first strong mayor.

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The proposal put to the voters was filled with errors and omissions that the mayor hopefuls on the council could not see while wearing their “I will be the mayor” glasses.

New London ended up with a mess, a narcissistic tyrannical child was elected to be mayor. A mayor hopeful from the previous blind council was elected to council and then voted in as president of the council.

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A proposal was almost immediately brought forward to revisit and review the flawed city charter. During this time a budget battle was ongoing. The narcissistic tyrannical child mayor wanted his staffing budget reinstated and many on the council wanted charter review.

The council president struck what looked like a good compromise deal with the council members. Replace the mayor’s office staffing funding and in August of 2012 they would vote for and seat a charter review commission.

To make a long story short the mayor got his staff funding, the summer flew by and in August of 2012 the time came to vote for a charter review commission. Sometime between the restoral of funding for the mayor’s staffing and the August vote for the charter review the narcissistic tyrannical child mayor and the president of the council found themselves afloat on “Born To Run” in the Long Island Sound. What a special, private setting for two power hungry players to make a deal and seal their joined political fates.

The charter review commission was voted down, the deal made by the council president was no good, and the word of the council president was proven to be worthless. A council president with no honor and no integrity could never again be trusted by his peers on the council nor by the people of New London.

The council president stated that yes there were issues with the charter but they could be addressed by ordinance. A good and valid position except for the fact that when an ordinance fix gets proposed by a councilor the council president and all the narcissistic tyrannical child’s yes men on the council defeat the ordinance fix proposals. This action again demonstrated to all that any deal made by the council president was no good, and the word of the council president was proven to be worthless yet again. So it must be repeated a council president with no honor and no integrity could never again be trusted by his peers on the council nor by the people of New London.

New London citizens get a doubly bad situation a narcissistic tyrannical child mayor and a president of the council who lie to their peers and to the public.

Can it get any worse? We will see on November 5th just what the voters in New London feel about honesty, integrity and accountability.

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