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Ken Weir, quit your city council job
Dear Ken,
I don't know you from Adam. Only what I read about you in the newspaper. And that's not real good, Ken. You were elected to a PUBLIC job, Ken. This is not the CIA. This is the Bakersfield City Council. And you make decisions which have public impact. Part of the rules is you are to disclose who gave more than $10,000 to your business as a certified public accountant. You declined, saying there is a CPA-client privilege. Yes there is. But not to withhold names. Only to withhold confidential information. There's an attorney-client privilege. It doesn't mean an attorney cannot disclose who his client is; he can only refuse to disclose what his client told him. You're smart enough to know that. You're just obstinate enough not to care. The reason we care is when you get involved in City Council matters that affect your clients, such as Gordon Downs and his involvement in a lawsuit over the controversial hillside ordinance. You finally withdrew from that matter on your attorney's advice. And you don't care to answer reporter's questions about it. Well, Ken, that's you job too. It's that PUBLIC thing. You can be private all you want. Just not on the city council. I recommend you quit and quit wasting everyone's time. Posted by Steve E. Swenson 18 comments from 15 users
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posted by
adampayne
on Mar 16, 2007 at 07:23 AM
This guy cannot recognize a simple conflict of interest. He cannot properly fill out a disclosure form and continues to stonewall all attempts to set the record straight. I'm with you, Steve. He's made his choice by his inactions and should resign from the City Council.
posted by
antiextremism
on Mar 16, 2007 at 07:35 AM
Either he's pretty dumb, very arrogant, or he's hiding something......
posted by
tkozy
on Mar 16, 2007 at 07:59 AM
Don’t let him quit.. Summons his records, then toss the bum out. That should please his clients. posted by
koztarr
on Mar 16, 2007 at 08:32 AM
I live in his ward. I just wish he would shake up the Council over something more substantial. Was his record on the School Board okay?
posted by
anonymous
on Mar 16, 2007 at 08:35 AM
Ken Weir obviously has more undisclosed ties to the development, growth and building industry that might prove embarassing to him. His past reticence to raise educational development impact fees while serving on the Bakersfield City School Council contributed to that district's need to float a $100 million bond on the taxpayers last election. If he doesn't resign from the Bakersfield City Council then he will probably have to recuse himself from every substantive vote regarding the vital area of the City's growth because of his many conflicts of interest. Resign, or add to your legacy by making us pay the bill for a recall, Mr. Weir.
posted by
sagefever
on Mar 16, 2007 at 09:03 AM
"All politics is local"~ this mirrors the attorney general situation. It is not what one does so much but the deception. He should resign, he clearly needs remedial government class.
posted by
bakodon
on Mar 16, 2007 at 03:56 PM
Kick the bum off the council-we do not need people like him running the city if he cannot fill out a simple disclosure form. I did for 15 years as a manager for the State of California and there is nothing on it.
posted by
anonymous
on Mar 16, 2007 at 10:15 PM
What do you expect from an Abernathy candidate? Remember several years ago when Kevin McCarthy got caught telling an L.A. Times newspaper editorialist that he was really pro-abortion all along after claiming to be pro-life in conservative Kern County! Then there was Jean Fuller...if my memory doesn't fail me...didn't she use state property to announce her bid for the assembly? Isn't that like, kinda illegal? What was her campaign manager's name...o yeah...Mark Abernathy. And now history repeats itself. Enter Ken Weir. Do y'all see a pattern? Who's Weir's political consultant...bingo...you got it... Abernathy. Being deceitful must be a prerequisite for Abernathy to handle you. All I can say is: Bakersfield, you got what you deserve. I don't feel sorry for you. You keep voting these Abernathy candidates into office! You must enjoy the lies and deception and politics as usual. Ken, you might wanna get outta Dodge!
posted by
anonymous
on Mar 17, 2007 at 08:36 AM
We are now seeing the true side of Ken Weir, a side that was visible all along during his days on the Bakersfield City District School Board. It is bizarre how people blindly elected him to a position of overseeing the education of students all those years, while he used his position to propel himself up the political ladder. An example of a rotten politics of the "campaign machine" was when the character Rick Van Horn supposedly dropped out of the race for school board, and then got back in in the last few weeks with Van Horn and Weir for school board signs mysteriously popping up together at the same time all over town. Since he moved up a rung to city council, he thought he could still play the same type of game. As a school board member, he appeared to be pompous, arrogant, self-serving, and eager to take credit for anything that made headlines, while students of the district languished. Many people moved out of the district or to private schools looking for schools that were not run by wannabe politicians. Look at test scores and compare your neighborhood school to what it was in 1992 if you want to see the true story.
posted by
nooneisabovethelaw
on Mar 17, 2007 at 10:28 AM
Weir needs to resign. Today.
posted by
anonymous
on Mar 17, 2007 at 03:02 PM
Yet another example of how "conservative" and "corrupt" are synonymous.
posted by
redkernhero
on Mar 19, 2007 at 10:40 AM
No,no, we need you Mr. Weir, It is men like you that has made us what we are.
posted by
anonymous
on Mar 19, 2007 at 12:11 PM
He's just another cog in the Abernathy machine. Mr. Weir needs new council because his p.r. moves are going to ruin his political career. I voted for him and I am very annoyed with his defiance of California's policies to ensure transparency in government.
posted by
anonymous
on Mar 20, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Control Of the city is long been an stepping stone for conservative candidates and especially those who are managed the Abernathy machine. We keep hoping better people will run for public office ; and Rubio and Maggard come to mind. But when you take money from the Developers as these candidates do, you get you what you pay for, and we will be paying taxes for years for undeveloped roads and public services . It is these requirements that these "bought and paid for " office holders who did not stand up and require when the new houses, shopping centers and leapfrog development happened under their watch. Bakersfield is a large city that needs the best elected officials we can find; not pay for. In the next election for County Supervisor or City council, realize that your vote does count and know who the hell you voting for. Next time PICK ONE that has the brains and fortitude to standup for what we really need, not another shopping center and more air pollution.........ITs our part of the planet to take care of. If your candidate doesn't know a conflict when they see one; we don't them posted by
redkernhero
on Mar 20, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Still picking on Weir, poor man, if he was a liberal would this happen to him?
He has security reasons and in today’s world that is understandable, terrorist might want the information, anything is possible. What kind of a government are we running when we ask an elected official to rat out his friends and benefactors; this is just political association envy. Once this starts Sullivan and Scrivner will have to be honest about their interest and that is not in the interest of good conservative government and should not be done.
posted by
tkozy
on Mar 20, 2007 at 12:58 PM
There is some truth in what you said Red Kern. Just too much hate and a bit of bigotry in the tone of your post. The manner of your expression, doesn‘t highlight the points you make.. Instead your thoughts are rendered meaningless. posted by
anonymous
on Mar 20, 2007 at 08:50 PM
Red Kern Hero, this has nothing to do with "ratting" our friends. Rather, it has everything to do with a conflict of interest! Being above board. Being transparent. You can't be paid by a client ($10,000), then go into closed door meetings about business dealing that benefit that client, and then VOTE on the same matter as an elected city official. Comprende! As our city councilmember, Weir is supposed to be unbiased (not beholden) and do what is best for ALL of his constituents...not his big business associate buddies. Again Weir, you need to come clean and step down. Too much water has passed under the bridge!
posted by
equinox
on Jan 26, 2008 at 06:18 PM
Ken is a disappointment to Bakersfield City Employees. You should be asamed to sit up there on your perch and speak of what a great deal the employees are getting.
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