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City Hall News …
and the
continuation of
“CITY GOVERNMENT FROM THE GROUND UP”
by Marilyn Smith-Mooney
Senior Council Member & Former Mayor
October, 2004
WHY SUCH AN ABBREVIATED COLUMN?
 Individual
resident and city government concerns have had me on
overload daily ever since Charley's unwelcome
visit. And, contrary to a recent Charlotte
SUN
editorial, "Council Members Missing in Action,"
my husband will not-so-happily tell
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In this issue....
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An Abbreviated Column
by:
Marilyn Smith-Mooney
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you that in my case, it was more like "Wife
Missing in Action!", as I was not outside this city for one
day including August 13th. From what I've been told, I
apparently was the only council member people could reach by
phone and e-mail during the initial critical days after
Charley when no one was able to reach anything other than a
very busy police department phone line. I kept
relaying important messages to the City Manager, answering
residents' questions or referring them to appropriate
individuals or phone numbers, responding to a batch of
residents' e-mails,
extensively researching the "roof tile" issue, offering
suggestions to the City Manager, attending weekly Tri-County
Hurricane Relief Steering Committee Meetings, providing
input to and drafting our city's list of over 40 funding
requests to be included in various state and federal
appropriations bills our area's representatives were to
introduce to the floor at state and federal levels, and have
myself prepared for the first Regular City Council Meeting
to be held since before Charley. And, some of you
might have even seen me on CNN accompanying a Tampa TV news
reporter for a walking interview through downtown Punta
Gorda a mere few days after the Charley telling how I
know this community's spirit will make its recovery,
re-build result in a BEST
CITY
becoming EVEN BETTER -- THE BEST-EST!
BUT ... IN THE MEANTIME,
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT EACH OF YOU MAKE IT A POINT TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL
MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 AT 9 AM IN CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS WHETHER YOU WANT TO VOICE CONCERNS OR HEAR
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND DISCUSSIONS.
I DO hope to see many of you sufficiently concerned
about your city to be in attendance!
Please click here for additional information
or if you would like to contact the
author of this article, Marilyn Smith-Mooney. Thank you!
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