City Paper Calls B.S. On Maggie Brooks Coming to MCC’s Rescue
File this under, “Things I wish I had written…”:
Let’s see now: Maggie Brooks wants the MCC trustees to be nice as they look for a new president. Anybody who’s not willing to set aside personal agendas should resign from the board, she said during a press conference last week.
Wouldn’t you love to know who she’s talking about?
Wouldn’t you love to know why she didn’t say who she was talking about?
But…but…it looks like Maggie’s doing the right thing! Why are you making me question appearances vs. reality? Could it be that she’s not acting purely in the best interests of Monroe County and MCC? Ms. Towler’s editorial then goes where no traditional media has gone before (or in a long time), by comparing Maggie’s current statements with her position in April:
In her op-ed piece, she scolded critics of the late additions for generating “a destructive conflict.” She complained that the search committees hadn’t recommended a local candidate. She praised the board for adding Smith and Kessler, insisting that “a local background gives any candidate a competitive advantage.”
And, significantly, she pointed to the experience of Erie Community College, whose trustees named former Representative Jack Quinn as the new president in January. “They understood that his background in governing would not be a hindrance but an asset,” Brooks wrote.
You’d have to be pretty naïve not to read that as a Smith endorsement.
So, lessee…in April, she was mad that Smith wasn’t selected. Now, she’s mad that there’s this “mess”, and anyone with an “agenda” should resign. Mwah hahahahahahahahah! It doesn’t get any funnier than that.
Once again, Brooks is complaining about the conflict at MCC. She wants the board to pick former MCC President Peter Spina as an interim president, and she wants the trustees to start the selection all over again - something that Smith backer John Parrinello had pushed for.
And that’s apparently where we’re headed.
It kind of reminds me of the Bush administration (and the national GOP’s) definition of bi-partisanship/”getting along”: let us have our way, and no-one gets hurt.
The bonus for the county GOP is, to folks that aren’t looking any deeper than the headlines, it’s “Thank goodness Maggie’s doing something about that ‘mess’! Isn’t she great?” Smoke, mirrors, bake at 350 for 10 minutes, serve.
I feel bad that you need to be so cynical about the local GOP, but someone’s got to. Water authority scandal, public defender selection politicized, county clerk grandstanding, sheriff making GOP robo-calls, sweetheart backroom deals, pay to play. And that’s just off the top of my head.
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