To the editor,
During Adrian’s recent election, candidates talked about recreating the Human Rights Commission. This led me to believe that the aspiration was for more voices to be heard from the general public. The candidates also talked about having more transparency in government. This led me to believe that there would be no hidden agenda. However, when a vacancy on the commission became open soon after the election, the city commission tarnished these two intentions by trumping the people’s voice when they announced they would decide who would fill the vacancy.
The logical and equitable action would have been to appoint the person who endured the election process for months and lost a seat by only 19 votes. Mr. Munson, the snubbed candidate, knows business and industry; he knows the city; and he has valuable experience dealing with the public as well as government officials. Mr. Munson had never run for office before and thus he would have given the city commission a fresh outlook backed by a wealth of experience.
By not choosing Mr. Munson to fill the vacancy, it gives the impression that the application process was a facade to provide validity to what a few people on the city commission really wanted. There goes the sense of transparency. My hope is that these actions don’t snowball any further.
Respectfully,
Joel Rodriguez, Adrian