After watching the last couple of council meetings on Insight does anyone else get the feeling that Council Member Joe Anderson is the Public Relations Spokesman for Alexandria’s Bowling Alley?
He gets the floor and goes on and on and on about a Christmas promotion that they have going on.
If that’s not enough he announces a training session that he read about in the newspaper that is going to be held at the Alexandria Community Center for Emergency Management personnel as being open to the general public.
Following Council Member Anderson’s announcement, Alexandria Police Chief Mike Ward explained what the program is about and that it is not open to the general public. Anderson then wants to argue the point.
We don’t quite know what to make of Council Member Anderson and his stream of, it seems, never ending public service announcements and tips and advice to the citizens toward the end of every council meeting. Just think how much more of a snoozer it would be if every business in town would like to get a plug at council meetings.
Perhaps Council Member Anderson should read Alexandria's form of Government for a refresher on what is the job of a council member.
