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Posted on August 31 at 5:36 p.m.
dc, they are attempting to divert or misdirect our attention. That is what defendants do when running from the facts. These fellows are members of the circle of disciples of John Arceri. I suspect some of the monikers are being used by the same writer as the same ones usually show up in groups. McMullan has exposed their leader and they are repeating all the ancient history they used during the election. John Arceri may one day have the same newspaper articles written about him if he does not stop his current activities. Nothing about McMullan's past is relevant to John Arceri's ethical misconduct. McMullan had an investigation and/or trial and was either exonerated or paid for whatever he was accussed of. These are newspaper articles and do not reflect the full story. In other words he was held accountable or he wouldn't be in our community. I remind you, John Arceri wrote the evidence that paints the convas of his ethical misconduct, he doesn't require a newspaper to tell the story. http://marcoislandblog.blogspot.com/ John did it to himself, McMullan is only the messenger.
Posted on August 30 at noon
27_Year_Resident: This is all ancient history and Bill McMullan has already addressed these inaccurate claims. I am not dissuaded by your comments. I judge people by how they are living their lives today and how they arrived to where they are now. That is what our Lord teaches us. As for Mr. McMullan's current activities, they are all laudable and I commend him for exposing these people who obviously have lost their way. You should thank Bill, for his diligence and service in exposing the wrongdoers of our community. Without his help none of us would have even suspected that John Arceri was the manipulator he is and we would never have discovered how exposed our citizens are to his activities. Thank you Bill for obtaining and publishing the emails that John Arceri wrote.
Posted on August 29 at 6:39 p.m.
Mr. Waldack, I am not questioning Mr. Arceri's honesty. I am questioning the improper access and inluence he has in the governance of Marco Island. As our city has never admitted to vetting Mr. Arceri's self supplied qualifications, I have little confidence in them. Rest assurred, my thoughts are grounded on "factual" documents written in John Arceri's own hand. You may review these documents at: http://marcoislandblog.blogspot.com/ You may have all the friends you like and they may give you as much advise as they like. You should however, refrain from permitting any single one of them from pulling your strings by granting them exceptional access when city business is being discussed. These emails imply that you have been and are being manipulated by John Arceri. If you require assistance to govern, form a volunteer advisory committee. Such a committee should be open to all citizens and be representitive of all groups in our community. What you and John Arseri are practicing appears to be some form of collobaration or cronyism in which legal agencies and institutions democraticly established to govern our city, are being bypassed. The perception illustrated by these emails paint the picture that your "friend" (Arceri), has undue influence to say the least. This may be the way public officials govern in South America, but we practice representitive government in the United States. Did you miss the class on ethics when you took civic classes? As for his motives, they remain a mystery but I'm sure one day someone will figure that out too.
Posted on August 29 at 5:39 p.m.
Waldack says: "As an elected official, I speak out against the abuse that Marco Island taxpayer's endure by the County Taxing Districts receiving 89% of Marco Island's total tax base." If you do not lobby the County Commissioners or the taxing authority, to WHO do you "speak out" to? MITA and the citizens of Marco Island? You are lazy and have no clue what your job is. What a wasted vote that was.
Posted on August 29 at 5:32 p.m.
Issler, are you saying that once a citizen is elected to public office, no accoutability to the folks who voted for them exists? Are you saying that such elected officials have immunity from being thoughtful or exhibiting common sense? Are you saying that if what they do is considered "shifty" by a citizen, that citizen has no right to call it that? Issler, what did we do? Did we change the Constitution and Bill of Rights when we elected these fellows? Are elected officials in Marco Island accountable to no one? Sour grapes? Insulting? I think not. It's called freedom of speech, another concept in Democracy that you seem to have difficulty with. Elected officials that work in the shade and do not fully explain their agendas prior to bringing them up for consideration, are "shifty"!
Posted on August 29 at 8:40 a.m.
Avenger, Waldack's source is John Arceri (he admits as much above). Marco Island and now the County has a problem with the figures John Arceri spins. Councilman Waldack, you are correct, I along with many citizens of Marco Island strongly resent John Arceri's manipulation of you, our City Manager and our Public Works Director. If the City Manager and Public Works Director are so inept in the performance of their duties that they require hands on direction from an unpaid private citizen. Then they should be replaced. This is all about perceptions and our City Manager needs to either deny Mr. Arceri's current access to his office and our City employees or give him a job!It's time for our City to be more transparent so that our citizens may have the accountability they deserve.
Posted on August 29 at 7:38 a.m.
Mr. McMullan, thank you for keeping an eye on these shifty fellows. Why our Council requires 1,500 our our citizens to check in before they become thoughtful, is incomprehensible. How did we end up with a group of people that are so far out in left field? I am sure they feel you are a trouble maker. I and many others in our city appreciate your efforts on our behalf. Thank you for being a good patriot.
Posted on August 28 at 8:14 a.m.
van, you are correct, near as anyone can tell, he was a failure in banking when he tried that many years ago, he was a failure in real estate and went bankrupt when he tried that, he was once an unexceptional appliance salesman. His lack of work experience is obvious from the way he is governing. Seems he likes to think up ideas and shove them off on others to take care of. I understand, his favorite past time is to sit in a sports bar and eavesdrop. "Working class"? "Working stiff"? As there is no evidence of that, I think not. OldMarcoMan, as I understand it, one of Waldack's former political opponents was a successful businessman. Unfortunately, John Arceri sold the majority of our citizens a Euro-bum part-time bar tender and Waldack as our representatives. We have only ourselves to blame. Why don't you run?
Posted on August 27 at 5:42 p.m.
Councilman Waldack: Why don't you sponsor a townhall meeting to address this? Oh, don't forget to publish the time and date well in advance. We wouldn't want only your friends to show up or some might accuse you of running a dog and pony show. Please leave John Arceri at home. We want YOU to address this issue and only YOU to respond to our questions.
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Posted on September 1 at 7:08 a.m.
Leroy: You ask some very good questions. You are correct, I am not chastising Kiester. The emails he wrote or received were collected by the authorities when they took his hard drive. I have no access to them, so I do not know what eveidence exists. I do not single out Arceri for for "simply" sending ideas and suggestions to City Hall. I single him out for inserting himself into the daily business of running Marco Island without the proper authority to do so. Unlike Mr. McMullan or other citizens that address the Council in a public way, i.e. Council Meetings; Arceri does it in the shade. He invites elected officials to his home for "special briefings" (his words), he writes fact sheets, he enters City Hall offices and gives direction to employees and decision makers. His advice is accepted without any validation. He is not paid nor is he a consultant. He was a former un-oppossed Councilmember and that seems to be all he needs for this exceptional access and influence peddling. We have many former Councilmembers in our community. Can you imagine what our City Hall would be like if they all injected themselves into City business like John Arceri does? John Arceri is responsible for the need to increase our taxes, the STRP assessment, the user fee increases required because of our water works shortfall, possible future assessments for an electrical utility and toll on the Jolly bridge. All by himself he has managed to increase the cost of living on Marco Island. I am not a former cave blogger, just an angry citizen that can recognize unethical conduct when I see it. Mr. Arceri should either run for office again or seek employment with the City if he wants to make policy and give direction to employees. He enjoys too much undue influence and access and his activities burden our employees and cost us too much money.
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