Does a Bear.......in the Woods?

There is a "Work Session and Special Board of Alderman" meeting tomorrow evening at 6:00pm in city hall. They will vote on the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday and the first reading of the Amended Animal Regulations during the special meeting. I expect to see the chambers filled with dog owners especially if Nick Guccione gets on the phone to his special interests groups. I see no place for Aldermeen or Mayor reports but for some reason, after watching Mayor Lambi pressing last week, it's possible that he may continue his inquisition.

On the "Work Session," among other things, they will be talking about the Transportation Sales Tax Renewal. I am not sure if that includes ballot language but strategy will probably be discussed to have it reimplemented. If it weren't for the possibility of another free-for-all, it could be a fairly boring meeting.

I'm still waiting for the release of the "Executive Session" minutes pertaining to Lambi and beginning to wonder if this situation will ever be officially confirmed or resolved. It appears to me that if he's done something wrong or illegal, the citizens should know. If he hasn't, it is thought he'd want to get it out in the open as soon as possible to clear his name. At any rate, we are still waiting.

After the blog exposing Nick Guccione's campaign brochure disguised as a questionnaire, there is a need to comment on his Aldermanic antics, his name just keeps jumping out. I've been going through the minutes of the meetings searching for information on Lambi and couldn't help but notice seeing more of his trend in voting. It's evident that he is anti business and pro tax, and that  he can't make up his mind about his voting on issues. During the past five years as Alderman of Wentzville, he has flipped on more issues than any alderman seen in the past 15 years, and since he won't campaign on his record I thought I'd help him.

Some of the businesses he's voted against were; Mobil on the Run and Sam's Club. It's interesting that he opposed them coming into Wentzville because a small group of citizens didn't want them so he voted against them, but most of the time when his special interest groups weren't there watching for the final vote he would flip on the issue at hand. Rankin Technical College was the opposite, he voted for it initially and now says, "I made a mistake," he went against it when pressured by certain newspaper articles. Guccione can't make up his mind and relies on the opinions of special interest groups or pressure to determine how to vote on any issue.

One of his all time greatest flips was a few months ago on the Automotive Coalition, where several years back, he, Bill Schuette, and the gang pushed hard for giving money to a lobbyist in Washington D.C. They passed an ordinance to give $7,500 of taxpayers dollars every year to the lobbyist. When it came up for renewal this past year, and the rest of the board was wanting to get rid of it, on the third and final vote he said: "I was for this bill back then, and  I am still for this bill today!" Then when it came time to vote, just a few minutes later, he flipped and voted against it. Sometimes I wonder if he can remember what he says and does on a daily basis?  Then there was the Storm Water Utility Tax, he, Bill Schuette and the gang did everything they could do to get this unusual tax levied on Wentzville taxpayers until it was tabled because of a lawsuit filed for a similar tax in St. Louis. He voted for this bill twice originally, then when the final vote was taken, without the support of his posse, he voted against it.

The preceding is just a small portion of his record but it illustrates his career as an Alderman in Wentzville, and now, he wants to be Mayor. I'm going to keep digging into his record and since he won't tell the voters what he's done, it will be posted here for them. Alderman Nick Guccione cannot hide from what he's done or hasn't done for Wentzville any longer, it's over. He can't hide or deny public record, maybe he should go through it himself so he can make an attempt at defending his pitiful record on Candidates Night. The Wentzvillian knows where his bear crapped in the woods.