Commissioner of Accounts – John Franck – (B-)
John Franck probably deserves a B+ but just as Mayor Johnson deserves an F, there is something a politician does have and that is the desire to help their City, in Franck’s case he does, in Johnson’s case he tries.
If you are looking for the strongest person on the Council for their knowledge, standing up for what he thinks is right (most of the time he has the facts in front of him), efficiency in running their Department, look no further than Franck. Some say he is actually the Mayor of the Council as he seems to have the brains that the real one lacks.
Frank’s Deputy is most qualified to hold her position also.
Franck explains in detail every item he presents, whether he agrees or disagrees, so citizens absolutely know where he stands on the issues. The years 2005 – 2007, when the Council was all Democrats he did not always follow the Party line on all the issues. Today with Johnson as Mayor he has held him somewhat in check for the good of the City.
This past year he faced a crisis with class and dignity. Mary Zlotnick, who it was said by an employee of City Hall, was a plant sent to Franck by super-spy Shauna Sutton and started to undermine and accuse, take pictures, remove files (temporarily) in order to set Franck up for a fall from office in her first days of working. It was rumored that the Mayor wanted to hold the story up for later this year to come smack in the middle of this year’s election season and with the dirty trick Johnson & Sutton pulled at the last minute of the 2011 election regarding Brent Wilkes nothing would surprise me at what these 2 are capable of.
Zlotnick went to the Police, who found he did nothing wrong, she then called in the Atty. Gen. who after all this time has found no causes of impropriety. Zlotnick called in every newspaper, television stations and a local blogger whose only purpose is to destroy a person even if he makes up disgusting information to aid her in her directive to bury Franck. If anyone knows the story, Franck, who gives classes on how to grieve your taxes and will opens his books to anyone, seems to have nothing to hide. The end result is that the Department of Accounts is as clean as a whistle, Zlotnick, after a public labor hearing (her choice) lost because it was determined she had no knowledge of the job she was doing.
This year we will decide our new Council. If the Republicans want to add seats on that Council, they should put up credible candidates rather than the one sitting there now. We can always hope.
Yours truly
Captain America195
Love your grading system. I can't wait for you review the the State of the City speech. Great blog.
ReplyDeleteHaving read all these report cards, i want to salute you again for a fine effort. In general, I think you have hit the mark and certainly have defended your POV effectively... kudos all around.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words. They are appreciated.
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