So I keep wondering when this is going to stop. I don't find it any fun to keep speaking about a Mayor of a small town that seems to have a problem with people not agreeing with him. but he just keeps giving me things to blog about.
I am flabbergasted that someone has not called him out before if he has behaved like this in the past. Is it possible for him to address the issue that he is asked about? Here is the latest example.
Here is an email from a listener Melissa to Loves Park Mayor Darryl Lindberg.
Dear Mayor,
As a Voting Citizen and a Listener of 104.9, I have heard about
the recent events in regards to Wing Ding and the e-mail’s between yourself and
Jim Stone. I did care whether or not Wing Ding was going to happen this
year and did care whether or not it was going to be at Rockford Speedway.
I did understand how yourself and the city council could agree that it didn’t
always bring in the best of crowds and there was a mess after the fact to be
cleaned up and that the city didn’t want to have to spend extra money for
police for an event that they were not in complete agreement with. This
all made complete sense to me and to be perfectly honest, it still does.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t still want to see Wing Ding happen at another
location and let’s be honest, it probably will, so with that said, here’s where
I have a problem. Jim Stone listed out valid points to you in his e-mails
(all of them) regarding his concerns about the situation. Whether you
thought they were valid or not doesn’t mean they were less important.
Your job as the Mayor was to address these questions and concerns in a
professional leadership manor and let’s face it, you didn’t. Your e-mails
back to Mr. Stone where blatantly childish and inappropriate. To prove my
point, let me quote you “I'm really sorry
you aren't man enough to accept the defeat of the Wing Ding Concert and
get on with your life.”
Are you kidding
me? This is how an elected official responds to his community?
And as always...the Mayors response....
Melissa, Thank you for your email
regarding my comments to Mr. Stone. I certainly appreciate your right to
determine whether or not my comments were appropriate in my email to Mr.
Stone. There a lot of facts that have been gone over and over regarding
this event. Mr. Stone has taken it upon himself to continue the
controversy through radio dialogue. The City stands behind it's decision
and I think Wing Ding will find a new home in the near future with a safer
environment for the public.
Mayor Lindberg
I find it interesting how the Mayor never addresses his behavior or how he responds. It is always about Wing Ding and "the facts".
The Facts are, the Mayor didn't follow the procedure that he helped put in place. The fact is the Mayor did one thing in buying squad cars, then says something different on the radio.
The Mayor likes to question the education level of people who don't agree with him. The Mayor thinks that anyone who wants to talk to him about his actions must listen to WXRX, therefore has no credibility in his eyes.
If you are a Loves Park citizen, contact the Mayor to ask him about his actions and how he handles things. LPMayor@aol.com. I would contact him, but like I said before he has blocked my email. He won't come on the radio to discuss it. He just wishes the whole thing would go away.
Bubba, I know you'll pull off the Wing Ding Extravaganza!! Steady your focus and stay your course.
Posted by: Ang | January 06, 2009 at 04:01 PM