I could smell the skunk through my computer, the first time that I read, Chuck Zunk, was agreeing with the Mayor of Fairhope, on the Council-manager form of government.
Mr Zunk was appointed to the finance committee by the council, Jack Burrell, to monitor, and financially obstruct the Mayor, and take over the budget process, that did not fly.
FLYING HIGH
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Well after a few weeks rest from Chucky Cheese and his creative articles, gleamed from information provided by Mr Jack Burrell, Catalyst and Robert Brown, Chucky has delivered another non article.
Please remember Zunkโs connection to the Airport scandal and dubious airplane hanger lease. He stands firmly behind Jackโs efforts to be sure the Airport property stays with the Airport Authority, instead of the city who paid for it.
Hi-JACK-ed
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It is well known around City Hall and the Community that Mr Zunk will use every opportunity, public and private, to attack the Mayor. This animosity comes from the Airport Scandal, hopefully Mr Zunk will have to raise his hand in court one day and answer some very difficult questions involving Jack and the Airport. Fairhope breeds bullies, especially bullies that pick on women.
NOW! YOU KNOW JACK
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Fairhope is at a crossroads and if the community allows Council President Jack Burrell to ban people from speaking during the city council meetings, at public participation, then we have chosen theโฆ
Something just was not right so I went to the public meeting, called by Mr Zunk, last night at the library, but first I read From the desk of Mayor Wilson, the Cityโs position and petition.
Council-Manager Form of Government JUNE 21, 2018 COMMUNITY
Do I support this new form of government for the City of Fairhope? Absolutely
Should citizens be concerned about the timing of this effort? No. The discussion about the Council-Manager form of government has been talked about for many years and I have been researching it with a few citizens since the beginning of the year. After the new amendment passed this past April, a group of citizens have come together to discuss how it works. I believe this form of government is a better way for Fairhopeโs future.
The administrative role of mayor currently is a full-time job leaving little time for planning and vision which I believe is one of the most important roles of a mayor. We have had City Administrators in the past who have helped with this role with far less population, however the position was defunded years ago. By changing the form of government, the City Manager would be the consistent professional through terms managed by The New Council (defined below). Our future is too important to leave this position up for debate.
The petition being circulated is simply supporting a citizen vote to take place 90 days after itโs turned in on or before July 5th and would not take effect until next term, 2020. This is not about supporting or not supporting elected officials in office right now, rather a Fresh Start for Fairhope.
Why I support the Council-Manager form of government:
It takes the day-to-day administrative role out of the political limelight which has been very detrimental to not only our City but others also still operating under the Council-Mayor form of government. This is not about taking anyoneโs side (mayor or council), it is about a more professional way of doing business for our City and our employees โ a better way to represent our citizens and meet their needs.
The New Council under the Council-Manager form of government provides for an at-large representation via the mayor and one councilperson and three council members elected specifically by the residents of three voting districts.
The petition, which is prescribed by the state, needs to be at the Probate Judgeโs office on July 5th {update 6/21 11:30am} Petition Deadline is Sat, June 29th. We will be taking up the petitions Friday, end of day June 28th at City facilities.} Judge Tim Russell will also be speaking during the mayorโs report at council meeting on June 25th. You may be interested in hearing what he says and his guidance.
Your friends and neighbors will be circulating the petitions, and copies will also be available at the library, Quail Creek clubhouse and City Hall. Following petition was approved by the Secretary of Stateโs office. If a min 10% of registered voters from the last municipal election are qualified on the petition, citizens will have an opportunity to vote for the new form of government in 90 days. Download Petition
I believe Sam Gaston says it best, โIf you hire a professional manager, you will have less politics in city government.โ He is the City Manager of Mountain Brook for the past 25 years and a descendant of E.B. Gaston, founder of Fairhope.
You can meet Mr Gaston at the meeting Thursday, June 21st at the library to discuss this new form of government more.
READ THIS AGAIN:
โThe New Council under the Council-Manager form of government provides for an at-large representation via the mayor and one councilperson and three council members elected specifically by the residents of three voting districts.โ
NOW READ THIS
โThe petition signed by the people will automatically form districts. I clarified this through legal and Judge Tim Russell. Iโve invited him to discuss the facts during my mayor report at Mondayโs council meeting. The attached petition is the one that was approved. Regardless of a distinction (at large or by district), the petition is simply for citizens to vote for the new form of government and there is no way citizens can amend it to โmembers at largeโ.
Mayor Karin Wilson
Fairhope City Council meeting June 25th at 6:00pm
How could anyone not understand what the position of the Mayor is?
HERE COMES THE SKUNK
Group gathering signatures for new government in Fairhope (updated) – Lagniappe Mobile
Group gathering signatures for new government in Fairhope (updated) – Lagniappe Mobile
Thereโs a grassroots movement underway in Fairhope to adopt a new form of government, but the clock is ticking. During a meeting at the Fairhope Public Library last Thursday, a group calling itself โFresh Start Fairhopeโ drew about 150 attendees to discuss a recently enacted law allowing cities of a certain population to adopt a โฆ
Source: lagniappemobile.com/group-gathering-signatures-for-new-government-in-fairhope/
Zunk the skunk has his own variation of the petition,
โThanks for your votes on At-Large vs Districts, we had 65 total votes with the majority of 39 (60%) for At-Large, so that’s how we will move forward. Many of you included an explanation of your reasoning, which I was very pleased to read. You have done your homework!โ ZUNK the SKUNK explained. Zunk the Skunk is not the only skunk in Baldwin county.
CATALYST SKUNK
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County Commission place three has three candidates trying to run over the skunk of the County Commission, Tucker Dorsey. Democrat Heather Brown and Republicans Will McDaniel and Billy Joe Underwood.
You should smell a foul smell about this time. Mr Zunk through his survey of 65 people has now decided that the 39 people is all he needs to change the petition from districts to at large. WOW 39 people out of 20,000 is all the skunk needs to push HIS agenda and petition, which HAS NOT been approved by the Probate Judge or Sec. Of State.
Zunk slipped this in last night to an unsuspecting crowd. Mr Zunk asked the crowd if they had any questions? When the Mayor got up to clarify what was being said, Zunk the Skunk instructed the crowd, โlisten to me not herโ cut the Mayor off, and did not render the microphone. Zunk has learned well from Burrell, deny people and the Mayor the ability to exercise the right of Free Speech.
SEE YA IN COURT JACK
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FEDERAL COURT
At that point the crowd was evacuating the auditorium at full speed, the skunk smell was so foul paint was peeling off the walls.
Zunkโs plan is to keep the Council AT LARGE why? Because the Catalyst group has failed to get the Mayor to resign and they see Burrell as damaged goods. Zunkโs, alternative group, comprised of councilman that have been voted out of office, think they are the new salvation. They know the Council must stay AT LARGE in order for Zunkโs, alternative group, to organize a slate of candidates for the next election.
Fairhopeโs major problem is the AT LARGE Council, it has not worked in 20 years, why do the same damn thing again? The Districts prevent alternative groups from forming candidate slates. The districts give citizens someone to hold accountable, their representative. The skunk plan holds no one accountable, they are AT LARGE.
If this does not work we go back to the drawing board. Fairhope needs citizens to step up to public service. The present council will be lucky if they survive this term, they will not be re-elected. Fairhope needs candidates not affiliated with the past but are looking forward.
Fairhopeโs needs to replace the self serving Bโs, they are the problem.
CATALYST, THE THREE Bโs, AND CHUCKEE CHEEZE
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Catalyst is a political cancer found in Baldwin County. It hand picks political candidates. Catalyst was formally Stacy Elliott and Haygood, the birth of the cancer, that morphed into Catalyst whenโฆ
Source: rippreport.com/2018/03/07/catalyst-the-three-bs-and-chuckee-cheeze/
I went to that meeting. Zunk is sketchy for sure. They say this doesn’t have to do with politics yet the people pushing “council at large” down our throats are Zunk (too many former boards to mention), ex-councilmen Kingrea, Stankowski, Mixon, Gentle and ex-councilwoman Brewer. Y’all were voted out for a reason! Your opinion has no weight in this community anymore.
Anyone who announces to a crowd of people, “Only listen to me!” Who the hell does he think he is and how many people has he brainwashed?
I’m in favor a Council/Manager form of government because of DISTRICTS and the end of slates!!!! Our Mayor is for this too! Good for her.
Yep. Too much chicken shit. Very little chicken salad. All you ex F ing anything can stay at home and drink your dreams away or just simply drink the same cool aid that you have been for MANY YEARS!!! Iโd rather have plain mean than Crazy and Stupid!!!
Zunk was the head of a card company. How hard is it to run a playing card company?
Certainly not as hard as running fairhope.
Zunk, Jack badly needs advice regarding his lawsuit against Ripp.
Please advise him to settle before the sum reaches a million dollars.
This is money he will use against Catalyst.
Stop the madness !!!
If they ever create a position for untruthful crap stirrer, you mr Ripp will be the top cowpoke.
Ripp getting to you? You probably have Catalyst Cancer. The best treatment for this is shining the light of day and being transparent.
Zunk is Jack’s pin cushion
Truth: Ripp will soon be rich on Fairhope cash.
You should know anonymous about untruthful shit. You are the shit that Ripp is stirring! You people always bitch about something without giving an example of what is not true. Just stinking bitching. So proud of you all!
This must be Mr. Zunk. You are a prick and you showed it last night!!!
He is being investigated along with Burell.
Difference was that Daniel Boone was a rea man. Burrell and Zunk are both little shits!!!!! But so is Boone. He the biggest asshole of the bunch. Never seen a bigger hypocrite in my life besides Elliott and Dorsey. You all are so weak and you prove it each and every time you open your mouths. Iโve never seen anyone of yโall talk to a real man like the way you do women and Children. Daniel Boone would cut all of your balls off if you had any.
Sometimes the truth told to the ignorant wakes them up
The reason there is an at large council is because this ensures no blacks get in the council
That and so they can be hand-picked slates. None of these guys actually do anything.
Boone, Conyers and Brown said they ain’t running.
What about gay boy Robinson? He running?
I donโt believe anyone has said they are not running again. When itโs time maybe one or more will decide that. All of them earn more than the Mayor will/would. I canโt see any of them running for Mayor in the present setup. Even if they were elected if they were not re-elected they would be unemployed 4 years later. I think the mayor is as likely to โretireโas anyone given how stressed she has been less than halfway through her term. But right now we have about 27 more months with the same people so letโs hope some progress is made. The grants we have been getting are really going to help, even with the airport. I am not for the city owning the airport. If they want to sell it great. All we need is some kind of accident and the city get sued for millions. It is one of the few ways the city could be bankrupted.
I see plenty of problems but I feel they are all being addressed.
I wonder if enlarging the council ( and reducing their pay proportionally) would work. It would allow more voices. I have no bias for or against districts. Pity the person who draws the boundaries if they use districts.
Zunk the stunk is more like it. Just another Jackass Burrell acting and treating women like Shit. Theatrics at its best. Standing up and not allowing the Mayor to speak and saying โdonโt listen to her, listen to meโ! Just another wimpy ass coward without anything approved by anyone at all. Donโt you just feel sorry for someone that picked out 65 people and had 39 pick out one of two subjects. This really means that if the 65 people are followers of Zunk. There are 65 really stupid people that are a disaster already. Losers!!!!
Jack is a pussy. Not a man but a cuck
Agree and so do sooooo many people in Fairhope. Women who think he is acting civil should not have kids. We donโt want our kids growing up to be Jackasses. This is #MeToo asshole if I ever seen one. The Mayor should sue him on those grounds alone. Throw in goofy Zunk and youโll have 2 to sue. Both are little men!!!!
Zunk has a slit. belittling Karin makes him feel strong, like Jack.
Look at the tape from last week. The people who stood for Jack and the council are LOSERS!!!!
Zunk is a loser. He and Kant are thick as theives.
That is totally unsourced information; you are no better than Jackass Burrell when you channel Fox Friends and lie. This is an important move for our city; please don’t lie and try to encourage strife. Everyone should look at both petitions and decide which they want to sign; I would love to know why the Mayor and Chuck Zunk did not resolve this before they both floated petitions. Clarification, anyone???
Both petitions will form districts. Zunk and his followers are misinformed.
And if you didn’t notice, the mayor did try to clear this up.
The mayor is a good person.
The Mayor was blindsided, the “at large” council is a must for Catalyst. If Zunk the Skunk was sincere and went by the law as stated, everyone would be on the same page.
Because Zunk is a punk and a puppet of Jackass Burrell. It will and should be decided by the next council election. No reason to do anything now. We have too much petty bullshit going on to fix anything the correct way. Be patient. All these assholes already have tripped. They just have not landed face first yet. Just wait though. No Council can act like this for very long and get away with it. Be patient!
So what has happened about the FBI in City Hall? Is it really nothing?
Think Boone and Burell and Brown and Kant.
FAIR HOPE
Council-Manager form of government
at-large representation via the mayor and one councilperson and three council members elected
specifically by the residents of three voting districts.
At large positions on the Council is preferred by Catalyst. It is easier to place their puppets and ensures no minorities will be elected
Sorry working on site
Keep working Rippster. Your site is about the only real in-depth news we have left.
How does Burrell getZunk to do his bidding? How does anyone bend over for Jack?
Itโs eady- Jack squats
Zunk the punk!
Saw him in the big head gulley!
I attended the last two meetings and I don’t see it as a move against the Mayor. The objective is to have a professional City Manager (as Vestavia, Mountain Brook, Auburn and other cities have) rather than have this constant bickering among the Mayor and Council, none of whom have any experience at managing a huge budget much of which is squandered by inept employees who are unaware of laws. It seems to be a move for the better for Fairhope and its taxpayers. The only ones that I can imagine being in opposition are Council members who like to line their own pockets and employees who believe themselves incompetent and unlikely to hold onto their positions when evaluated by a professional manager. It should be great for any Mayor who is not exploiting his/her position. If she is in favor of this change, why are some so upset about it and why is she arguing with Zunk (who appears to be intelligent and sincerely trying to volunteer his time and energy to do something good for the City)? No one has promised anyone that Council members will be at-large or zoned; I prefer at-large, but anything is better than this dog and pony show Council and Mayor war that prevents any of them from doing anything purposeful for the City.
Zunk is pushing for AT LARGE COUNCIL that’s why.
I prefer districts. Districts make candidates more directly answerable to the people. Catalyst prefers at-large councils because at-large allows for a mass electorate that can be manipulated.
Must be districts for three council places.
Zunk is part of the airport scam. A huge part.
AIRPORT IS STILL BOGUS
It’s in the PIPELINE
It absolutely is. Think FEMA and FBI.
If someone wants to know the TRUE headquarters of Catalyst, yiu can find it. It is directly south of McDonakds in Spanish Fort on state road 181
TRUELAND HOMES
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They finance Catalist right
And Belaton. Privilege gives thousands to Catalysts
Did you mean pribble rather than privilege?
The meeting tomorrow night:
My prediction…
Total sh*tshow. Jack and Boone and the gang go ape and demand at large
council postions to dilute the mayor’s power further and to solidify
their miscreant, profitable ways. The council has robbed the citizens
blind. Unlevel soccer fields built by Boone’s son for millions. An alleged
pedophile running the meetings. A thirteen million payout to the Dyas
Family called “a park.” Pumping hot crap in the bay for thirty years and
nobody “gives a sh*t!” I am so disgusted with this place. I cannot
believe we have let all these people into Fairhope. Our schools are
overcrowding with trailers. Our ed superintendent is in bed with the machiine
because the county commission machine members fund their largesse.
I fear that Fairhope, if continued on the path it is headed, will within
five years be a place few will want to live. Traffic is going to be
terrible with Corte’s new 300 apartments. We have grinder pumps within a
quarter mile of Thomas Hospital. We haven’t had a jubilee in years. Jack
Burrell is being sued for violating the United States Constitution’s
guarantee of basic free speech. Robert Brown got $650k to “fix” a building
for the arts center. He is building his dream home on fly creek, the same
tributary he’s polluting with the Corte apartment complex. The FBI was
camped out in fairhope for two weeks recently investigating FEMA fraud
under the council of Boon and Burrell. Jay Robinson talks to himself on
the dais, pontificating about whether or not he should speak. Burrell
refuses to step down. Claims he is doing a great job. Says the posting
of his police report involving a minor is not him–but his son. Sherry
Sullivan is running for Mayor. Tim Kant wants to run for congress.
Until the next election it is all b.s. Burrell is like a mule. A stubborn
ass. Fairhope must expose his wickedness and bullying and get rid of him.
The airport is a black hole under his guidance. Jack makes punks of
the chief and zunk in a matter of weeks. He is a man possessed, out of
control. It is a shame our city has come to this. I am afraid if burrell
isnt removed and completely new blood put on the council — at least
three new karin supporters–then there’s no help for fairhope. Karin needs
a majority. Let’s make it happen. Come together as a community and solve
our sewerage problems and clamp down on the growth.
Wow, Gerald, that certainly is a mouthful you wrote. But you are correct. I live in “Old Fairhope” and have lived for years. It is a rotten shame of what has happened to this town. A few greedy people have moved in, gotten into office, and have ruined it. But we should blame ourselves for letting this happen.
Yes, growth is good, but this growth has proven to be a cancer.
It was clear tonight that the current Council members are totally opposed to the new form of government, which seems counter-intuitive in that their jobs would be a breeze if this passes. Robinson and Conyers were great, but the three B’s were clear that they are not in favor of changes which hints to me that they are going to lose their alternative revenue sources if this passes? I hate that Tim Russell didn’t show up but he apparently has made it clear that the two petitions are equal and they may be combined. Mayor Wilson has stepped up totally in contrast to the coin-operated Council. Does anyone know how many signatures there are yet on her petition? And how do we get more? I read that Robert Brown is stressed out about these petitions being available to sign downtown.
I will sign the one that Karin recommends. I will not sign the catalyst copy. To the Three Bโs: We are going to get you out of City Hall.
Booone and brown (Jester) ain’t running. Neither is the banker conyers. Robinson is running for mayor.
notice how Robinson accused mayor of using her position to influence. This form of government reduces role of mayor. They are always looking for ways to make her look bad. I think it’s an excuse so they don’t have to tell everyone they don’t support it, which makes them look bad.
Does the city attorney work for the council only?Sure seems like it…….
He is being sued by Ripp and will lose defending Burrell.
Legacy for Markus.
Robert Brown has used his official Facebook page to express his dislike for the change in government, so he is equally as guilty as the Mayor. I like to think that Jay Robinson was speaking to him as well. Brown’s reasoning, however, is very opaque. He does not want to lose his power.
lose his power? no he does not want to lose his contracts he is getting due to his office
Burrell, Boone, Brown, Conyers & Robinson show their true colors at every Council Meeting. They are all so full of themselves it is quite laughable. Talk to people all over the country & Fairhope is not thought of like it use to be. Do not kid yourselves – Burrell, Boone & Brown have ruined Fairhope as has the former Mayor. More will be coming out. This is Fraud City..
FBI
Jack is in big trouble.