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So, how's it going?
I asked Will Winn that late yesterday afternoon, and he said he's gotten just a few reports from the weekend's signature-gathering. He was pessimistic, at that point, about getting enough signatures to make it in time for November.
Then, apparently, he hit the sidewalks...
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The people who want Ken Weir to not be a city councilman anymore have their reasons. Ken Weir has answers. I took a look at both and started digging around, and learned a lot.
Like, all about accountants' ethics. And the history of the Hillside Ordinance (which mostly happened before my time)....
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Bakersfield City Councilman Ken Weir lent his support to the local Prop 98 rally Thursday. Afterward, I e-mailed him some questions. He responded Friday afternoon. I'd already written my story, so I didn't add him in, but here's what he said.
(By the way, off the top of my head I don't believe a...
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The Kern County Young Republicans heard from, and then passed a resolution in support of, Bakersfield City Councilman Ken Weir.
Weir spoke to the group at its meeting Monday.
“He was apologetic in the way it was handled, as he has been publicly," said Ryan Leggio, chairman of the...
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Bakersfield City Councilman Ken Weir yesterday submitted his official response to the proponents' statement of why he should be recalled. Recall organizer Will Winn has now come up with a response to the response:
The residents of the Third Ward are being given a tremendous opportunity in this...
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I was pleased to hear today that Mr. Weir has been served recall papers. I have been disappointed in times past of people who are not willing to leave their computer desk and actually DO what they believe needs to be done.
Our public officials must act in a public sphere. No hiding...
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Ken Weir went on KGET this week to talk more about why Russell Johnson has to go.
The summary:
“Mr. Johnson is not accountable to anyone at the city, he’s not independent due to his employment relationship, and he doesn’t respect private property rights.”
I'm not sure...
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One of the arguments that's been used by people on the side of Ken Weir in the Planning Commission Conflagration of 2008 (Part One) has been that Russell Johnson works for Mike Maggard, and that's a conflict.
It's legally not a conflict of interest, but it does raise the question of smell test....
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In case you, like David Couch, would like to do a point-by-point rebuttal of Ken Weir's statement Wednesday, here's the official transcript prepared by the city clerk's office.
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We've recorded just the audio of Ken Weir's remarks and put it in a file, which you can listen to here.
We went with audio-only, because we figured the video isn't that great in this case — it's just him talking. And going with YouTube we'd have to break it into two pieces, because it's...
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KGET had Ken Weir on again this morning.
"I think Mr. Johnson and I differ significantly on a number of policies," he said.
He was asked directly for an example, but did not provide one.
I guess he was on KNZR again this afternoon, too, but I missed that. Anyone hear it?
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KGET-TV had Ken Weir and Russell Johnson on TV this morning.
Weir says there's a "new philosophy" on the council. He doesn't articulate what it is or how Johnson doesn't fit it. He says it's not about the Canyons, but hasn't said what it's about.
Here's the dialogue between me and...
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Most members of the Bakersfield City Council won't say how they're planning to vote on Ken Weir's proposal to remove Russell Johnson from the planning commission.
I'm putting Weir down in the for column — it's his proposal. Sullivan has said she's for, Benham has said she's against....
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I just talked to political consultant Stan Harper, who said he'd been asked by some folks — he wouldn't say who — to look into what it would take to recall Councilman Ken Weir. He said he heard that there was a meeting Sunday night at a home in the Third Ward. He said 40 people...
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Remember how Ken Weir wanted to change the planning commission so he could get rid of Russell Johnson? He wasn't willing to wait a year, so he introduced a proposal to speed things up.
Well, apparently he's not willing to wait for that process either.
Johnson tells me Councilman Zack Scrivner...
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