Local Entrepreneurial News
After a few delays and a bit of infighting, a verdict has been reached on the two new members who will be filling the seats vacated by Maryellen O’Shaughnessy and Kevin Boyce at Columbus City Council.
And those two are Eileen Paley and Troy Miller.
More updates will follow shortly.
Launched in August 2010, TheMetropreneur.com is a local online resource devoted to small business development and entrepreneurship. Its aim is to tell the stories of Central Ohio’s business community, foster regional economic development and assist entrepreneurs with its resource-heavy focus. Click here to visit TheMetropreneur.com.
RSS
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
News reports are that Tavares and Tyson are both cheesed off and abstained from the voting, people in the audience are yelling about “dictatorships”, and the cops have been called for crowd control
Sounds like a great meeting. Sorry I’m missing it.
It was all a little more mild than that. Tavares and her ventriloquist’s dummy were PISSED though.
Channel 3 is a godsend…very awkward meeting, it will be interesting to see how they move forward and whether any lingering tension exists…interestingly it seems all members submitted the names of the two winners, so for all the sturm and drang it would appear that there was consensus of a sorts.
hey now we’ve got the boat house debate on…looks like another contenscious topic
Eileen Paley has a facebook page, but not many friends and plenty of other digital info about her…but nothing on Troy Miller, guess that will have to change if we wants to reach the coveted CU demographic when he runs for (re)election.
Watching GTC-3 has now become event TV! Maybe they should consider changing it to Pay-per-View to bridge the budget gap?
is this being broadcast online anywhere??
Live Here…
http://home.columbus.gov/tv/council.asx
Who is Troy Miller? He owns ATM Central Development, a software company, but can’t find any real qualifications or civic involvement.
http://atmcentraldev.com/about_us.htm
I’m looking up campaign contributions now.
found Troy Miller’s company website, for a software developer it is a pretty straight forward template and they subbed out the design fwiw
http://atmcentraldev.com/index.htm
Founder and President: A. Troy Miller has well over 20 years of experience in database management and consulting. His blend of market research and database design experience provides a distinct advantage in understanding your information need.
Mr. Miller served as a planning & market research manager at OhioHealth, Central Ohio’s largest multi-hospital system. Mr. Miller also held market & marketing research positions at A.C. Nielsen, Central Benefits, and Abbott Laboratories – Ross Division.
Thanks for the link, Roland. The one I found on the Council site was a dead link when I tried to watch earlier. Will have to bookmark this one.
There’s a sentence in this article that, assuming it is accurate, explains some of the fuss.
http://www.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/2_council_members_contend_process_unfair/11749/
I feel like the fly on the wall!
You mean the sentence where a certain, formerly prolific C/U poster…also an aide to Tavares…also a candidate for the council seat…was the one sending out the e-mails about the protestations?
Tyson was lost at that meeting, it didn’t seem like she even knew what was going on. Tavares didn’t care what was going on, she was there to get her point across. Mentel was there to put a stop to anything that wasn’t in his plans and was prepared. Andy Ginther played it safe and really said nothing. I think there are going to be some serious struggles this year in City Council – and Mentel has momentum on his side – Tavares and Tyson were against him and his appointees – and his appointees will support him, not them.
This meeting was very interesting! A great time to be in the audience and applaud with the audience when Councilmembers made good points. Mentel really put a bad taste in my mouth. I wish he were up for re-election this term.
Tyson might not have been as eloquent as she needed to be at times tonight, but she was trying to do things correctly.
As far as I understand it, her first motion to suspend the rules was to allow the applicants to be appointed by motion (majority of those present, three votes) instead of by resolution (majority of Council members, four votes)
The trick to a motion to suspend the rules is that it takes a majority of Council member (four votes) to do so.
She therefore introduced the motion to suspend the rules knowing it would not get four votes (she and Tavares would vote against it), which would require the applicants to be appointed by resolution (again, four votes). As we all saw, noone caught that, not Mentel, Ginther and Craig, not even City Attorney Pfeiffer.
Again, Tyson might not have explained it well, but Pfeiffer, as the Parliamentarian, should have understood it.
Press Release:
It will be interesting to see how many of you folks who complain on here all day will actually come out and help this council be successful by WORKING with all the members and doing some good for the public. Coremodels, Did I take your girl to the prom or something? It seems like you have some personal bias against me, and I would encourage you to call me and get some resolution. I have never intended to personally demonize any particular person on CU, but you seem really peeved, so let’s talk. I am willing. As for the Council appointments, I am proud to have been considered a finalist for a council position, and I have an interesting perspective on how things went down. In my opinion, whoever was to come on to council last night deserved to come on without the cloud that surrounded their appointments last evening. I personally am a fan of the 5 members that were on council, but I know nothing of the two who were appointed. I guess I’ll get me shot at knowing them real soon! Either way, I think we will work hard to keep our struggles in house in the future. I will champion sitting down and drafting a policy for replacing council members that is in line with city code, so that the next opportunity we have to get this right will have true guidlines that every candidate and citizen can understand.
To all of who who thought Tuesdays meeting was interesting, please note that we will need your support, not just on here, but at council activities, committee meetings, etc. We have some challenging times ahead, and your ideas and energy are needed. I know sometime I can be disagreeable, but I do believe that many of you here have the City’s best intentions on your heart. Please believe that I do to, and I hope we can continue to have interesting debates in the future.
Coremodels, call me. 60 hours? Really?
From todays Dispatch:
READ MORE
I’m not sure if anything in these essays impressed me. It all seems pretty vague and obvious. It would be nice to think that we will have some real intellectual debates in the coming months about the nature of government, its priorities and ways the government, citizens, and business community can support a unified mission for the city. Here’s hoping that happens.