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Members of the Oakdale City Council approved a long-overdue and much-needed overhaul on City Hall’s audio equipment Monday night, April 19 with unanimous support for the $76,704.27 project.
Albert Avila, Oakdale City Finance Director said, “Generally we have been able to make the system work but it’s time to upgrade and replace the audio system.”
The City awarded the contract to Fontes Pro Sound, the company that has been operating the current equipment and facilitating the broadcast of the City Council meetings.
Throwing others under the bus for political gain
The thinking and actions of some elected officials is kind of hard to fathom.
You know the old saying accredited to Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
The first example of “insanity” was how Mayor Lopez scheduled a special meeting on March 4 to talk about, for a fourth time, an appointment to the vacant council seat after seeing the steely resolve of Linda Ryno and Bret Silveira to appoint only Laurie Smith. Did the mayor honestly expect anyone to change their mind on March 4 after the continual deadlock of 2-2 during three prior meetings?