Candace Cannistraro Sounded Stuck @ Mesa City Council Study Session Mon 13 Jan 2020 - Same Response To Councilmember Jeremy Whiittaker Over-and-Over Again
Here's a quick 12-Minute look - WHOA! The outcome from the Study Session is what readers of this blog can see - it's something the City Council had wanted to avoid. It really is way too early for Ms. Cannistraro to be looking so ragged so soon. Last year's October Budget Hearings are clearly coming back-to-bite and rattle both Hizzoner mayor John Giles and City Manager Chris Brady when faced to answer specific questions raised by District 2 Council member Jeremy Whittaker. A PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 27TH _________________________________________________________________________________
Yes there are 'some good things to talk about' as John Giles makes his opening statements calling first on Mr. Whittaker who clearly states a number of questions and Candace Cannistraro is ready to assume her position in the hot seat to respond - time and time with repeating the same rehearsed replies constantly looking over in the city manager's direction for reassurance. Both Brady and Giles need to step-in when Whittaker doesn't give up asking for more clear answers.
That all starts in the first three minutes when what inquires exactly what is that 5-Year Capital Improvement Project? Is it a wish-list as written last year or actual ? Back-and-forth with oblique responses from both Brady and Giles, "Let's be clear" and "Honestly . . ." and "Let's be careful" and finally "Let's be careful" . . . Brady: "I don't want to get caught in any word-games . . ." _________________________________________________________________________
BLOGGER NOTE: Brady gets so rattled trying to maintain his forced composure that he makes a blunder when reciting a litany of future scheduled meetings - THERE IS NO NEXT CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 16th. It's not on the Mesa Legistar Calendar! After all that tense jockeying back-and-forth and self-assurances to assert questionable excuses, the mayor rattles off a list of events attended, followed by other councilmembers trying to score points tamping-down the very evident tensions. _________________________________________________________________________
