2011 IN REVIEW: Stocks Blocks Pensions on Agenda

Well, it turns out that the blocking action becomes a deflection never to be revisited. (You say potatoes, I say patatoes.) It's March 9, 2011 and this council meeting contains a Jerome Stocks maneuver that demonstrates the majority tendency to follow his lead even when he is not presiding as mayor. Stocks has pushed the crony club in his direction and against his perceived adversaries for a long time.

The following clip from this meeting demonstrates how Teresa Barth's suggestions for agenda items (like substitute motions, staff direction or council procedures or what have you) are consistently dismissed, ignored or refuted. This is vital to note if one accepts the lie that Barth does not compromise, does not cooperate. The myth is clear when one watches the majority in action. Barth is "silenced" by friend and foes in this official little dance of polite legalize. This council majority never compromises with Barth. The two rules for Barth and for citizens dissenting.

1. There is a club.
2. You are not in it.