No Comment from Mayor Paul
LakewoodInformer reached out to Mayor Paul for comment on muting. It was (still is) the holidays so we gave it a few days but wanted to report that as of now, there is no comment from the mayor of Lakewood, Colorado. We will always take comment from those involved in our stories.
Email sent:
Dear Mayor Paul,
I am reporting on the Dec 19 meeting with the city manager contract and muting of councilors. Would you like to comment?
The reasons you stated in the meeting were a need for decorum, to keep to the agenda items, and a need for discretion with personnel matters. If you’d care to expand on that, please let me know. I am also available for a zoom interview any afternoon this week.
Possible questions to answer:
- How do you answer the charge that you did not allow Council Members to speak
- Why was the meeting not scheduled earlier in the year to allow adequate time for discussion?
- Why did only you and the Mayor pro tem work on the re-negotiation, without involving the whole council?
Thank you