Civility for one is Civility for all Mr Mayor
It is also noted that in some instances the Mayor stops a citizen from speaking at the stroke of 5 minutes, whereas in other cases he allows the speaker to proceed long past the five-minute mark.
The times when an individual has been badgered and verbally harassed under Mayor Aronsohn’s leadership are too numerous to count. Coucilpersons Riche, Walsh, Knudsen and Sedon, Chief Ward and Clerk Mailander, as well as some members of the public, have all been maligned by Mr. Aronsohn, by some of his elected colleagues, or by members of the public who have spoken at the podium.
A mayor should conduct meetings in a civil, consistent, and fair manner. Mr. Aronsohn’s obvious attempts to control the commentary are extraordinarily unprofessional and unbecoming to one who has been entrusted with authority. While entitled to his own biases and opinions, he is not entitled to control the public conversation to his liking by shushing the people he doesn’t agree with while allowing others to go on (or clap on) at length, and by attacking (or allowing others to attack) those he does not like.
Mr. Mayor, you should be ashamed of yourself. You are behaving like a petulant child who is not getting his way. You are abusing the power of your office by running the meetings with great bias and inconsistency. Remember how badly you wanted this job? Well, why don’t you treat this position with respect by conducting the meetings more professionally?
New decorum rule for The Ridgewood Council. ” Be it resolved that from this point on if you agree with the 3 Amigos you can clap if you disagree you must sit in silence” Roll call vote please. Mayor ( Yes) Deputy Mayor ( Yes) Council Woman Haulk. ” If the other 2 voted yes then my vote is yes.” ” I want to afdd one more thing don’t bother asking the other two Council people because the majority has spoken.”
He has sunk to a new low. he is an embarrassment to the Village. Control, control, control. Tries to control the Record reporter. Tried to keep Mike Sedon out of the race (yes, Paul, we all believe you did that). Tries to stop naysayers from speaking. And all while proclaiming civility to be the next religion that we all must worship.
All of your complaints can be taken care of at the ballot box.
The big screaming “H” of hypocrisy gets louder. And he isn’t even a Republican.