What I find interesting in Heyl's piece was this bit at the end:
Carlisle is up for re-election next year, but irate taxpayers in her "councilmatic" district can register their disgust and dissatisfaction with her long before then.
The city Home Rule Charter states that impeachment proceedings against a council member can be initiated by a petition signed by as few as 20 qualified voters who live in the city.
If a Common Pleas judge decides the petition has merit, the City Council holds an impeachment hearing presided over by the president judge.
I asked Martin if he would be willing to sign such a petition.
"In a heartbeat," he responded instantly. "And if no one brings me one to sign, I might have to start one of my own."
While Carlisle's "health study" looks like a HUGE WASTE of taxpayer money and a first class case of CRONYISM and I'm glad that an investigation is ongoing, the Trib has done everything short of putting up the stake and supplying the matches.
I really am surprised that they didn't troll the neighborhood with an actual impeachment petition.
A shame that they aren't so diligent in investigating the misdeeds of other public officials...oh, I don't know...say, like those of George W. Bush.
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You gotta love the Trib, found the following tidbit in today's edition, what? Is it April Fool's day again?
"Another President Bush?
Could there be a third President Bush? The current chief said Wednesday that younger brother Jeb would make a great one, too, and has asked him about making a run. The first President Bush likes the idea as well."
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