Tallman McKay Once Again Shills for Doug----Disgustingly

 

Local radio entertainment host Anderw "Tallman" Mckay just goes out of his way to support and provide cover to the one County Commissioner who is responsible for ALL the turmoil on the board.  It's incredibly surreal....

Local radio host Andrew "Tallman" Mckay ran a segment very early this morning on 1620 vilifying me and taking a shot at Commissioner Barry for "daring" to question a $12Million Dollar-single bid contract that the board rightly reeled in and put back out to bid earlier this year.

The bid rejection happened a while back--- and at the time it was a 4-1 vote to do so.  Something didn't smell right, and I stand by the decision the board made that day.  Only ONE bidder on a nearly $12 Million Dollar drainage improvement job??  Like they say on ESPN  "Come on, Man?" (And had that even been awarded at that time--it is almost guaranteed that the costs would have escalated exponentially anyway with change orders ad nauseum.)  

Heck, it might have ended up costing more than what current bids are coming back...

But setting that reality aside--I found it nauseating the way the clips were selectively edited to lionize Tallman's idol and hero, Doug, while attempting to portray me as the guy who is saying "no" to a worthwhile project.  Boo hoo, that "meanie" Bergosh.  Boo hoo.....

Total BS.

What Tallman doesn't discuss is the fact that I seconded the motion, expressed support for the project, and said I realized the cost increases were not commissioner Underhill's fault.  I also indicated I would consider supporting the project for the people if Commissioner Underhill commits some additional discretionary D2 LOST funds to the project.  Slicing and dicing snippets does not a fair portrayal make.

Yes, I did mention the Bellview Library project.  Multiple times.  It was a good discussion to have, and timely to boot.  That project's costs also increased----and I ended up allocating 10% of that total project costs from my D1 Discretionary LOST funds.  So the question Tallman should ask is simple:  Why can't Doug pony up 10% to cover his cost overruns as I did?  (Currently Doug says he has allocated a little more than 3% of the costs)

But the major sevice McKay does for Doug is what he left out of the snippets he played to glorify his buddy Doug.

First-the discussion had an objective--which was to tone down the rhetoric and attacks online coming from Doug's office--his secretary and intern--directed at the rest of the board--not just me.  I said--"let's take the next year and bilaterally stop the online garbage."  And of course Doug wouldn't hear of it.  It's unprofessional and makes Doug look incredibly small when his employees engage in this conduct--as smart as Tallman wants us to believe he is--why can't he see that?  (e.g. most professional leaders would not tolerate such conduct from their employees--they would curtail it for obvious reasons or such at-will employees would be removed)  Perhaps that was too much to seek?  Who knows, but that was objective 1.

Objective 2 was to ensure that everyone who watched now knows the truth behind what is going on, dynamically, between and among the board.  So when Andrew Tallman McKay deliberatley leaves that portion out, he is being unprofessional, biased, and frankly------dishonest.

I ended my remarks by stating the facts, with a rhetorical question to Doug that was conveniently left out of Tallman's collection of audio snippets.  But it was the coup de gras.

"Doug--you and your office run us down online constantly, call us unethical, thieves, dishonest, corrupted---how do you think that helps you win votes?" 

That was the seminal question of the exchange--which put everything into proper perspective.  And that was the portion Tallman purposely left out.

Because Doug sat there and did not dispute what I said to him, didn't disavow it, didn't deny it, didn't do anything.  He just sat there and took it.  Then, he gave a facile, flaccid, mealy-mouthed response that was gibberish.

The reason D2 is a pariah is because D2 has made himself one.  He and his secretary and his intern.

  Bashing us constantly online, calling us thieves, dishonest, and corrupt when that's simply not true.  It's his fault, all his fault, and nobody else's---- Tallman.  Doug's fresh out of friends in the board and that's why he has a difficult time getting votes.  His fault. 

But by all means, Andrew, keep ignoring the obvious and keep shilling for him while trying to equivocate D2's behavior with the rest of the board's actions (which is ridiculous stupidity)

Yeah, Tallman is not a journalist, he's just an entertainment host and nothing more--and this is just more evidence of this.

Glad Rick Outzen and 1370 are covering real topics objectively as a counter to the "Tallman We Love Doug Show" 

Glad 1370 is cleaning 1620's "clock" in the  morning ratings.   😏