County vote marks change

jailbarsWho knew seats on the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council were so coveted? In the end, Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Kelly Parks prevailed Wednesday in his wish to appoint Commissioners Karl Peterjohn and Gwen Welshimer to the council, replacing Commissioner Dave Unruh and Parks himself. But in opposing the passage of a resolution giving Parks the authority to do so with the commission’s consent, Unruh made a worthy point about how the change “politicizes the chair position more than we have ever experienced.” He noted how the county government had always treated the chairman as first among equal members of the commission, and he said that giving the chairman special powers to do things according to his pleasure “establishes the wrong policy.”

3 Comments

  1. JWink
    Posted October 23, 2009 at 6:26 am | Permalink

    Sedgwick County Commissioners, Dave Unruh and Tim Norton, have done enough damage to Sedgwick County taxpayers. They just need to move on.

  2. preordained1
    Posted October 23, 2009 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

    JWink:

    Most of time I give you credit for looking inside the issue. But on this one you anti-arena bias is showing through.

    The point of the post is that Jethro is in the process of taking the Commission chair to political place that is not good for the Co. Commission or good for the citizens of the county. Jethros’ power move “politicizes the chair position”. Remember there will come a time when the chairman will be less of a dolt than the current one and could be dangerous.

  3. politicalmama
    Posted October 23, 2009 at 5:22 pm | Permalink

    The fact that Parks supported putting Peterjohn in the position tells me exactly what kind of a person Parks is.

    I’m anti-arena too, but it isn’t for the reasons that they are.