The duly elected Cloverdale Town Council met last night at 7:00pm for an executive meeting (top secret, hush hush) followed by a special meeting at 7:30.
There was a palpable difference in the room noticed by many of the regular townfolk attendees. For those of you who atttended the January meeting of ‘aught six when Don Sublett took over the chair, you will remember a major shift in the tone of the meeting. Davis had lost his iron grip of control over what was discussed and who was allowed to talk. It was as though a veil was lifted and sunshine started peaking through. The meanness was gone. Sublett got a loud ovation from the audience.
Well, last night, the palpable difference was the total lack of tension in the room. There was a comfort level felt and commented upon by several attendees post meeting. It wasn’t so much because the Tiresome Two were not there, although that helped. In my opinion (and this is all my opinion, after all), it was because of the leadership sitting at the table is basically all on the same page and they TRUST each other.
The last two years have been up and down with the Board because there was no trust in the words spoken or the intentions upon which they were spoken. The two factions believed the other party was scheming, lying, leaving out some of the facts and even pitting the workers one side over the other. But, last night, there was none of that stuff emanating from the table and crossing over to the audience. For those of you who attended the meeting, you can say you were there the night of the Paradigm Shift of ‘aught eight…
