by Matt Williams
Madam Mayor, members of Council and City Staff, it has come to my attention from multiple disparate sources that the published Report for Item 7, Appointments to Advisory Commissions, on tonight’s agenda was tampered with so that it does not reflect the actual results of the Subcommittee deliberations by Mayor Partida and Councilmember Carson. It is not clear from the information I have received whether the tampering was malicious or not, but it is crystal clear that Mayor Partida’s views on the appointments were edited out of the document and Council member Carson’s views were provided instead.
The Commission appointment process is supposed to be non-partisan, and free of personal political agenda. Unfortunately, all three of the Commission appointment processes since Dan Carson has been
involved have been anything but non-partisan and have consistently advanced his own personal political agenda and higher office ambitions.
Some will say that Carson’s actions in each of the last two appointment cycles was simply political infighting, but tampering with an Item Report, as has been done this evening, is much more sinister, and dare I say immoral. Council should insist on Councilmember Carson recusing himself from tonight’s vote on Item 7, and the tampering should be openly and publicly investigated.
In case anyone might think that I am personally butt-hurt by Dan’s conspiring to not have me reappointed to the Utilities Commission last cycle, he actually did me a huge favor by doing so, because today I began a 12-week course of hormone and radiation therapy treatment for cancer, Not having the responsibility of Utilities Commission duties has made my life simpler as I move forward with that course of treatment. Sometimes less is more. Thank you, Dan for making my life easier in that currently very important way.
In closing, the decision not to appoint Kelsey Fortune to the Utilities Commission needs to be addressed. Kelsey’s credentials are a PhD in the Economics of Electric Energy. Those are skills and experience that perfectly matches what Davis needs on its Utilities Commission. Please take the wise step of appointing Kelsey to the Utilities Commission tonight.
This public comment is for Item 7 and is submitted by Matt Williams
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