According to today’s Advocate (story not online), Democratic council members are puzzled by the latest salvo from Amanda Brown. Apparently, a functioning Democratic caucus is not in the cards as long as Brown decides to publicly bash her fellow Democrats. The controversy started when Brown sent off an email accusing Democrats of causing her to be “harrassed[sic] and bullied”. She said, “I will not be apart[sic] of any “behind close[sic] door deals” that will ultimately increase the public’s distaste for politics and elected officials, nor will I sell out the trust and responsiblity that was entrusted to me by 6,454 voters.”
Someone is pretty full of themselves. Of course who gets on what committee is decided in caucus, and apparently Laurel Lindstrom, citing her long involvement in the ENNA and neighborhood organizations, suggested that a switch between her and Brown would be a better fit. Laurel currently sits on the personnel committee, which typically works on fair labor agreements. Brown in real life is a paralegal.
Lindstrom has a solid track record of working on planning issues in every district, most recently attending a Saturday morning Redevelopment Agency(RDA) charrette in District A hosted by the RDA and Westhab, Brown’s home district. Brown did not attend. Earlier this week Brown spoke against reappointing Ellen Wink to the RDA, citing a lack of minority representation on the 5 person commission, even though a hispanic serves on the commission. Brown did not vote to appoint Wink.
