TEHACHAPI “GOVERNMENT”
The Tehachapi “Mayorship” is more than just a photo-op ceremonial position. He/She bangs the gavel at the Council meetings and as the 5th. person in this august body can be the swing vote and/or tie breaker. The “Mayor” also controls the meetings. I shudder at the though of D. Hand being the Mayor-Pro Tem, don’t you?
I wonder how many times Phil Smith, in his 20+ years on the Council has been “Mayor”?
This revolving door to the Mayorship has got to be closed. They just get in line for it and serve their term and go back to the Council when it expires and wait to get “appointed” again. (And again.) If term limits and an election are good enough for the president of the United States it is certainly good enough for the City Council and the Mayor of Tehachapi and if I am elected next year you can be sure these two issues will be high on my priority list. Term limits and elections are what America is all about. That’s called a citizen legislature and precludes the sitting officials from scratching each other’s backs to maintain the status quo.
Jim Richards
