Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Mr. Racine Already Generating Publicity

"Mayor and Alderman exchange words"

"Alderman Mike Shields and Mayor John Dickert had a word battle over the process used to hire Mark Eickhorst, a radio host and former Racine alderman, who became the city's new public information officer.

"Eickhorst will work for the city through a $25,000 contract with Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce. The contract would run from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31.

"As PIO for the city, Eickhorst will write press releases and market Racine to media within 100 miles of the city.

"During a verbal exchange with Mayor John Dickert, Shields said he wanted to make sure the entire hiring process was open to the public.

"Bloggers have suggested that the Eickhorst appointment was a political favor by Dickert for Eickorst's radio support during the mayoral race."

http://racineinsider.blogspot.com/2010/02/mayor-and-alderman-exchange-words.html


The Insider News site has a video clip of the Mayor gaveling down Alderman Shields' questions, and some interesting comments to read.

5 comments:

  1. Video not working.

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  2. Hmm. I have no control over that, but as of this posting, it is working (the start button is on the lower left of the video).

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  3. Holy wow, he is a bastard isn't he.. A small man with too much authority is a very dangerous thing.

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  4. I think Shields handled himself very well. If someone "gavel-ed me down" the way that Dickert did, I would have much more to say and it wouldn't be pretty. Pompous is the perfect word to describe this bullying demeanor by our leader.

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  5. They claim "bullying" in schools is a problem, and this guy is suppose to be a adult.

    Sure tells ya how juvenile he is! He does not need to be our mayor!

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