Committee Meeting April 28, 2009

And there was peace in the valley...............Jackie Thompson did not attend this meeting. I have nothing to report other than a committee meeting actually took only 30 minutes.......with no Jackie Thompson interruptions of actual agenda, no outbursts and no Jackie Thompson personal agenda with ramblings of each and every subject matter. Ah.....the quiet sounds of a professional meeting.

Dudley, Dudley...

Dudley, Dudley...where are you? Pity Party for Jackie-Councilperson Jackie Thompson has now gone so far to say that she is innocent of any wrong doing in bringing ridicule to our city. She states in her Letter to the Editor in the Whitehall News April 16, 2009, that “the Mayor and the men of council" are causing the ridicule...not her. Her pit bull lobby was shut down. Her "suggestion" of restructuring the locale of the Nativity scene was shut down. She passed out pamphlets from her own place of worship to Council Members at a meeting. She insisted on a Resolution being written for 2 specific scientists. Council shut her down on that one too and wrote a Resolution for Science DAY not specific scientists...but inclusive of ALL scientists.Citizen Teri Ranke gave a clear and concise "year in review" of Jackie Thompson’s antics over the past year in an April 9, 2009 Letter to the Editor in the Whitehall News. Sadly, Jackie Thompson sees herself as a damsel in distress at the hands of the “the Mayor and the men on council”. Seriously??!!
Where oh where is Dudley Do-Right when a girl needs him?

Council Meeting April 21, 2009

Oddly enough, as I attended the meeting with camcorder in hand, Jackie Thompson kept a very low profile hidden under her casual, pink low-brimmed bonnet. Can we say SMILE! You're on candid camera!

Council Meeting April 7, 2009

Notes from April 7, 2009 Council Meeting

The agenda began with- Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call---- enter first outburst-

*Councilperson Jackie Thompson demanded immediate resignation of Councilperson Wes Kantor (he has a legal issue with a pending trial date) and mid-sentence was silenced by Council President Brent Howard by a fierce pounding of the gavel.
*At the first Poll Public, citizen Paul Weurther stood and ( paraphrase) demanded Councilperson Jackie Thompson’s immediate resignation from council for continually being out of decorum and for trying to deny Councilperson Wes Kantor a fair trial.
*At the second Poll Public, citizen Tim Harrison stood and (paraphrase) expressed his concern that Councilperson Jackie Thompson is ignoring the rights of Americans to a fair trial. He cited the congressman from Alaska who lost his entire political career after being falsely accused and dragged through the dirt by the press. When he was finally found to be not guilty, his career was ruined.
*At the Poll Council, Councilperson Jackie Thompson went on a ten minute rant beginning with a berating of the two gentlemen who chided her for her lack of professionalism and bad behavior. She once again started on Councilperson Wes Kantor but was cautioned by Council President Brent Howard not to cross legal lines. She abruptly switched gears to the NRA stating that in her opinion, the NRA is to cause for all of the gun violence and went as far as to compare body count of gun violence in the United States as to that of the war in Iraq. She produced several newspaper articles of gun violence and THEN in a very awkward moment of time for all in the room (it felt like it lasted 4 hours), she turned the Council Chambers into a 60’s style beat-nik coffee shop so she could use her “artistic” abilities to read her “poem” about the NRA losing its credibility. She added that “in front” of a council guest, a citizen had the nerve to call her out about ‘pit bulls, guns and God’. She stated that people stop her on the street and “beg” her for help. Seriously??!!

Committee Meeting March 24, 2009

Notes from March 24, 2009 Committees’ Meeting

Reading the interruptions by Councilperson Jackie Thompson will show that she considers Council and Committee Meetings are for her personal platforms and disposal and has no intention of following the decorum of an agenda.

NOTE: The agenda notes were- readings of draft legislations and standing committee readings. NOT Poll Council.


Interruptions by Councilperson Jackie Thompson-

*Council President Brent Howard was speaking, and Jackie Thompson interrupts him to ask if he knows if Councilperson Leslie LaCorte is coming to the meeting or not.
*Meeting in progress, she interrupts speaker to ask Mayor John Wolfe if he knew whether or not Whitehall would be sending anyone out to senior citizens homes to hook up their conversion boxes for the digital switch in June. She suggested that Whitehall send the Community Affairs Coordinator Zack Woodruff door to door to supply said service. Seriously??!!
* Meeting in progress, she interrupts speaker to ask City Attorney Mike Shannon what he has found out about a task force against domestic violence.
* Meeting in progress, she interrupts speaker to ask City Attorney Mike Shannon what he has found out about a list of Pit Bull owners.
* Meeting in progress, she interrupts speaker to state that there will be a domestic violence seminar “here” and thinks that Whitehall should send representatives. City Attorney Mike Shannon said the seminar is not “here” meaning we are the City of Whitehall, but it is in the City of Columbus and he is already registered.
* Meeting in progress, she interrupts speaker to ask Mayor John Wolfe if something is going to be done about the dumpsters at the park. She thinks they’re ugly.
* Meeting in progress, she interrupts speaker to say that she wants to back Councilperson Leslie LaCorte in having things for kids to do at the parks. Councilperson Leo Knoblauch mentioned that it just has to be asked and presented by Parks and Recreation.

I took notes through out this meeting and noted when she choose to interject her own personal agenda. None of her questions pertained to the topics being presented.

History

My "history" with Jackie Thompson began some 20+ years ago when I moved into my home here in Whitehall. I am listed in the telephone directory as cjthompson. Jackie Thompson for years remained (off and on) unlisted. We both reside on the same street. I remember reading letters to the editor in the Whitehall News from her and about her in a battle with her neighbors about a tarp they had covering their fire wood pile. She disliked the look of it and was demanding it be removed. The city stated it was with-in the home owner's rights to have the tarp covering their wood. This went on for weeks. I remember wondering at that time, just what kind of a neighborhood I had moved into that had such a busy body. My daughter was in kindergarten at the time, and I came home from work one day and checked my mail. I had an anonymous letter in my mailbox. I opened it and it was addressed to Jackie Thompson. It was a threatening letter. I called the Whitehall Police, filed a report and turned the letter over to them. I pulled my little girl in from play and for several weeks would not let her play in her own yard, fearing for her safety. I contacted the Whitehall News and asked that it be stated that I was CJThompson - the J for Jo and I was NOT to be confused with Jackie Thompson. They ran an article titled The Tale of Two Thompsons. Not once, did Jackie contact me via phone or written word to apologize for the mishap. Through the years, I have had oh too numerous annoying phone calls for her and always stated simply that they had the wrong number and that I was Cheryl JO Thompson. I made my dislike of her actions and words very clear when she attempted to run for offices. Now that she has made it to city council, I continually have massive phone calls for her. I went to a Council Meeting and voiced my disgust in public. At long last, her telephone number was available as it was put in the minutes of that particular meeting. I have become so very tired of hearing the various discord that should be directed to her, that I've added her name and phone number to my home answering machine. Now, I let the calls roll and people are directed to her number instead of disturbing me. What do I hope to gain from this blog? Utopia would be for Jackie Thompson to do the right thing and step down from council. I know she will never do that. So - my intent is to attend as many meetings as I can, and be a sentinel for the city of Whitehall. I intend to post her rants and remarks so that any of the citizens of this great city who are unable to attend the meetings, will know that Jackie Thompson is following Jackie Thompson's agenda and not the agenda of the city of Whitehall.

Mission Statement

My Mission Statement is to alert all citizens of Whitehall, OH to the ridiculous and outrageous behavior of Council member Jackie Thompson at council meetings. Her behavior as an elected official is an embarrassment to our city. We as citizens need to voice our opinion and hold her to the high standards that she demands of all of the other elected officials.