Below is a series of emails between HADCO Commissioner Jamie Sanchez and HADCO’s Executive Director Dolly Newman.  The last email is listed first and it was not responded to by HADCO’s Executive Director.  Go to the bottom to find the first in the series–sort of.  It starts with Commissioner Sanchez explaining why she believes HADCO cannot change… Read More How Dumb Can One Bureaucrat Be?

It seems that two of the new members to HADCO’s Board of Commissioners might be off to a good start because they will be attending a meeting that was called by the Executive Director in violation of HADCO’s Bylaws.   This was done to accommodate one of the newly appointed HADCO Commissioner and the ED’s friend Shannon Gammie.  To… Read More HADCO Board to Hold Illegal Meeting?

Here is the email sent to Douglas County Commissioners regarding the appointment to the HADCO Commission tomorrow. February 23, 2010 Good afternoon Douglas County Commissioners, Tomorrow morning, you will have another opportunity to appoint someone to the Housing Authority of Douglas County Board of Commissioners.  CEA hopes you appoint Stuart Liebowitz.  Although we recommended you… Read More DC Commissioners Get Another Chance to Do the Right Thing!

This coming Friday (Feb 19) at noon in Room 311 in the Douglas County Courthouse building, Citizens Education & Advocacy (CEA) is hosting a meeting to discuss how appointments to various county boards, committees and commissions are done.  Although CEA will be discussing this in the context of the our experiences with appointments to the Housing Authority (HADCO) Commission,… Read More Citizens Meeting Friday!

It seems that newly appointed HADCO Commissioner Ernie Luna resigned before he could even be sworn into office.

  Yesterday, I called the newly appointed HADCO Commission member Shannon Gammie at the number listed on her application for public office.  Given our objections to her appointment, I was not even going to bother to do so.  However, I did contact the other person who was appointed with Ms. Gammie, Ernie Luna.  It was… Read More Gammie Tells CEA What Kind of Public Representative she will be Even Before She Starts the Job!

Today Douglas County Commissioners Joe Laurance and Doug Robertson blindly supported Susan Morgan’s appointment of two former work associates of HADCO’s Executive Director’s to the HADCO Board.  Although Susan Morgan cited two basic things she looked at in making her recommendations: public housing experience and public meeting experiences, she did not pick the only person… Read More HADCO Commission Appointments Once Again Demonstrates Flaws in the Process

Tomorrow morning, shortly after 9 a.m. the Douglas County Commissioners will deliberate about and decide at least two of the open seats for HADCO Board of Commissioners.   CEA has already endorsed Joy Mayorga to fill one of the seats.  We have also set out why we do not want Jim Smalley to be appointed.  This… Read More Don’t Give Us Gammie!