Mayor and Council Reject Morris GOP Nominee...BUT THIS BLOG IS NOT PARTISAN

In what could be perceived as a partisan move ,Morris Mayor Richard Kopczick and five City Alderman rejected the recommendation of the Grundy County Republican central committee and appointed Hansen to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of first ward Alderman Ken Seidler. Last week a meeting of the GOP central committee produced a majority vote to appoint Local businessman Dave Trotter to represent the first ward. Monday night Kopczick recommended the appointment of Hansen. Of the seven alderman present five voted in favor of the Mayor’s recommendation with newly elected alderman Brown and Barkley voting against. This marks the second time in three months that Hansen failed to garner a majority vote from members of his own party and apparently this had little effect on the Mayors decision to appoint Hansen. Click on the above headline to read the article in today’s Herald. Interestingly no biography is provided to explain what Mr. Hansen’s’ credentials are nor does it mention what governmental experience if any that Mr. Hansen brings to the council.

Because I am a right winged whacko, not to mention a whacko in general, and want to do everything in my power to discredit the democratic party in Morris, while at the same time pretending to be positive and non partisan, I failed to mention that the Republican dominated City Council plus one Democratic alderman voted for Hansen. Two Republican aldermen voted no. What can I say...I'm an idiot. POST AWAY!