Five former mayors ...

 A major kerfuffle has arisen at City Hall over which City employees knew about, and should have reported to the police, (or were obligated by law to report) alleged incidents of sexual misconduct at the Lesher Center.  Four employees were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the City Manager.  The employees were apparently about to be cleared, when a question was raised as to whether the City Manager himself knew about, and didn’t report, the incident.

The suspension of the employees, the besmirching of the City Manager’s reputation and the leaking of the whole sorry story to the press (but apparently not the alleged sexual misconduct) was so upsetting to former City mayors Rainey, Skrel, Hicks, Regalia and Abrams that they published a letter chastising the City Council for their handling of the situation.

All in favor, say aye ...

The members of the Citizen’s Advisory Committee to the West Downtown Specific Plan have been announced.  A solid majority of the members, seven of the thirteen, have close ties to the City Council.  Three are current or former City Council members (Simmons, Skrel, Abrams), and four are current or former City Commission appointees (Darling, Fotheringham, Lucas, Gorny).  For a process which advertises broad-based community involvement, this certainly sounds a lot like Politburo-style central planning.