< Here's the 'screen-grab' image of Hizzoner John Giles, once again charged with presiding over meetings of the Mesa City Council. He has his own ways of running these meetings that somehow don't always go according to plan. Capturing the facial expression could send a message of some kind that is certainly open to interpretations, whether intended or not...
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First off when you see the YouTube video, take a count of the number of seats occupied by the public (it's by far NOT a standing-room-only crowd). There's an Mesa Urban Myth about citizen participation and citizen engagement that is Open to Question time-and-time again.
O Lordy! this meeting starts right off with a record-breaking invocation that goes on for more than 5 minutes. Then we get the Don Pardo "The Price Is Right"-voiced Kevin Christopher who rattles off the entire Consent Agenda for another 7 minutes - and that's after the usual orders of meeting procedures are to ask for blue comment cards that can be submitted by members of the public who are allowed only 3 minutes to speak.
Note how few members of the public are here - in a city of more than 500,000 and only 42 views on YouTube. Mesa Channel 11 viewer count is unknown.
There are a lot of carry-over questions from two previous study sessions about the questionable proposed plans and phasing for The Union.
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STREAMING VIDEO
About 34 minutes long
Painful dental work for the Hizzoner the Mayor or what?
Mayor John Giles and City Manager Chris Brady go to pains to try to make explanations over a lot about the confusion created by all the previous presentations .... Take the time to notice all the eye-shifts during this session and decide what's credible or not.
...and once again, Econ Dev Director Bill Jabkiniak is called on to provide some credibility
Items from the public are last on the list: there are two and then one more.
