Comments on: Cotati City Councilwoman Gilardi resigning for county post

By: Snarky

Snarky — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:55:18 +0000

Corruption reigns in Sonoma County.

As it has for decades.

The ‘good old boy’ network of “locals” is alive and well.

Avoid anything “local” … you just play into their game.

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By: James Bennett

James Bennett — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:29:20 +0000

Cotati & S.R. are in the same situation.

The next vote getter should get the seat.

However we’re not witnessing representative government which should invite a diversity of opinion.

We’re witnessing a Soviet model of governance in which council members are identified and installed based on the adherence to the apex council.

In our situation the apex council isn’t a legitimate part of our US Government. In fact it is an NGO.

Namely ICLEI.

That’s the reason for the…
shenanigans.

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By: Phil Maher

Phil Maher — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:22:14 +0000

I always found Pat to be the one politician in Cotati that was open to thought. Too bad Cotati itself is her political legacy. The only thing that bothered me was that she once told me that she saw big red flags on former Mayor John Guardino’s 460s regarding people she knew couldn’t afford to make campaign contributions in the amounts they did, but she chose to say nothing about it to the city manager or the FPPC. And therein would have lain the earlier discovery of the whole Barich/Guardino campaign finance debacle. And then, yes, as John Parnell of RepealSMART said recently, she did deliberately try to delay and block the legally required publication of the intent to file the repeal petition while she worked at the IJ. I know these things…I was there both times. Well, good luck to her, really, but more so, good luck to Gorin and the people of Sonoma County.

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By: bear

bear — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:09:30 +0000

Oh, let’s go with “never.”

“District Director?” OMG she sits in a cube outside the Supervisor’s office and answers the phone? For $73K? Plus benefits?!

Trust me, there are far more experienced, educated and useful County employees who work for far less. Gorin, you just lost my vote.

WTF else is going on? I expect you fiscal hawks to do your job!

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