You know the kudos and comments below might actually mean something if all the facts were correct. I've held my tongue long enough.

You are giving this "Mayor" the kudos for a very nice swimming pool. This "Mayor" had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the grant money obtained to do the work she is now having the privilege to administer. That grant, and all the hard work that goes along with it, was filled out and completed by a previous administration. She is just reaping the benefits of it actually being administered while she's in office. I don't even get on this message board anymore but knowing someone is out there giving credit for some damn hard work I did along with Lisa Mitchell and a follow-up grant writer, let's at least get the facts straight.

The fact you want to set her on a pedestal for undeserved work along with those other two Aldermen that served before me, give it a rest or get the story right. You also want to give her credit for patching roads. Let's not forget those patches are now needed because road work was not properly overseen by an administration prior to mine even though knowledgeable people provided the information that should have made the City hold the payment until it was corrected.

You get on here acting just as ugly as you accused the people who took the time to show up at the Council Meeting. I too was there which is RARE and even though I limited my comments to agenda items, I would not have gotten on here and said one thing had you given your opinion at the microphone like others did even if it didn't agree with my thoughts.

It's time for some new blood in Bayou Vista to take charge and do it right. Criticizing a newer Alderman for his comments to a Mayor who showed total disrespect to a member of the Council is frankly disgusting. She didn't act like a boss, a boss knows how to lead and she failed at that completely during a disaster SHE declared. But the fact you get on here with kudos to someone for something that isn't deserved or others worked hard at, that's not acceptable.

You want to criticize a large group of citizens because they have a different opinion than you and clapped because they agreed. I give them credit for even showing up to a meeting, that's the point in having a meeting and citizens comments so you hear how citizens feel. You could have gotten up to the microphone like everyone else but as soon as anyone disagrees with the "Paula Show", oh heaven forbid anyone should say anything. Here comes the wagon to circle the mess of crap that was made.

My days of serving are over, so are most of yours apparently, but if you are going to get on here and give credit make sure you have the story right. I too was prepared but the Emergency Management Director (Mayor) has a job to do when she declares a disaster and she didn't. I don't care whether you and the other two former Alderman like to accept that fact but when you forget the debacles of the past when the current Mayor was a City Secretary and the City was under investigation for misappropriated funds, then you are sure to make them again in the future.

Vote how you want, support who you want but get the story right!

Tami Inman
A Bayou Vista Residant for 17 years