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February 17, 2005

RATTLE THEIR CHAINS

The Mayor and our City Commissioners refuse to listen to our complaints.  Instead of solidarity with the residents and taxpayers of Grand Rapids, they have chosen solidarity with themselves and City staffers to stonewall our inquiries into apparent conflicts of interest, mismanagement of resources, and misconduct of public officials.

Despite dozens of attempts to open a dialog that would have either prevented or settled litigation that has mired the City because of the assistance it has given the developers of the Berkey & Gay project, silence has been the response -- with the occasional exceptions of First Ward City Commissioner James Jendrasiak and Second Ward City Commissioner Rick Tormala.  Commissioner Tormala at least took the trouble to tell us that it was the City Attorney who has forbidden the City Commission from communicating with us.  (Hmm, I would have thought that City staffers answered to our elected officials, not vice versa.)

Maybe they'll listen to you.  Rattle their chains about open government and the Berkey & Gay scandal.  Here is how to contact the people elected to represent YOU in Grand Rapids:

George_heartwellMayor George Heartwell

E-mail: mayor@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

City Hall: 456-3168

Office: 742-0693

 

 

 

James_jendrasiakFirst Ward Commissioner James Jendrasiak

E-mail: jjendras@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

City Hall: 456-3035

Home: 458-9317

 

 

 

Roy_schmidtFirst Ward Commissioner Roy Schmidt

E-mail: rschmidt@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

Phone: 456-3035

Home Office: 453-9715

 

 

 

Lynn_rabautSecond Ward Commissioner Lynn Rabaut

E-mail: 2nd_ward@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

City Hall: 456-3035

 

 

 

 

Rick_tormalaSecond Ward Commissioner Rick Tormala

E-mail: rtormala@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

City Hall: 456-3035

Home: 365-0376

 

 

 

Robert_deanThird Ward Commissioner Robert Dean

E-mail: 3rd_ward@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

City Hall: 456-3035

Office: 455-4635

Fax: 455-6514

 

 

James_whiteThird Ward Commissioner James B. White, Sr.

E-mail: jwhite@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

City Hall: 456-3035

Posted on February 17, 2005 at 02:12 PM in City Government |

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