Is this how things work around this town?

Hi everyone, election day is coming, so don't forget to vote on November 8, 2005. Did anyone watching the town council meeting on October 11, 2005 notice when Deputy Corporation Counsel Pat Alair mentioned that a lot of the work had been done on the walkway between S. Main St and LaSalle Road before the town council voted on easements that would make way for this project? Yep, that's right, work by town employees was performed prior to the town council approving resolutions authorizing the easements. This is outrageous. This is the town management acting of it's own free will without the consent of the town council. I've asked this before and I'll ask it again, does the town council work for the town management or does the town management work for the town council? Some of you may say this is no big deal, but I would argue that this is a clear example of what's been going on in this town for a long time. They just happened to get caught this time. This doesn't speak to the town making a mistake. This speaks to a town management that is arrogant to the highest degree. Was this act illegal? I'm no lawyer, but... Has anyone been over there? I went the next evening and saw that curbs were purchased, the fence adjacent to the Post office was down, the area on the South Main side was graded and curbs were installed. Seems like a lot of planning, purchasing, receiving, and actual work was completed. How long before this council meeting was the work done? Seems like it had to have been at least a month or two. Where does this end? I'll tell you where it ends. November 8. Let's make it a clean sweep. Vote in those who care about this town, not their political future...Vote in those who will ask Pat Alair why the construction started prior to the town council's vote...Vote in those who will listen to the people of this town not only in the majority, but those whose point of view makes sense, for the good of the town, not for the good of a new development...Vote for those who will make a stand in a council meeting by actual voting against things that aren't right. Not one councilmember asked why the work had started. Because if they did, they knew the town manager would have been livid. I'll save the candidate recommendations until later, but listen to the candidates and you'll hear the ones who are planning for the future and you'll hear the ones who are spending their time defending their past. Thanks, Mark