"Good For You, Good For You, Go Back Home"

At the TBM on 4/16, Public Input was scheduled at the end of the meeting, according to the agenda. But the Supervisor decided to do some Public Input at the beginning of the meeting - like, the very, very beginning - right after the pledge.

Bob Ament went up to give some input on the Labella report, and did not speak for a full three minutes, but the bell dingy-dingied, and he was told his time was up. He then left. Towards the end of the meeting, when Public Input was scheduled according to the agenda, he had returned, and went up to speak again - because he felt he had some time left.

This is the video of the Public Input at the end of the meeting.

Right around the 1:30 mark of the video, Bob Ament commends Councilwoman Debbie Evans for asking some very good, pertinent questions, even applauding her. (She did ask some pointed questions, and I know that I appreciated that as well. I hope others did too.)

Right after this, he says:

"Supervisor Mary Ellen Heyman, I thought it was very staged, and leading tonight - and was very unhappy with you."

He walks away from the podium.

THEN you hear Mr. Perticone say:

"Good for you, *inaudible* go back home."

Then someone (can't tell who, but a woman's voice) says:

"Good for you."


Do you guys realize that technology nowadays is very advanced, and those microphones are sensitive, and I can practically hear your stomach breaking down food during the meetings?

Do you realize that? Or, more importantly, do you even care?

I mean, I know you guys take a lot of heat all the time...no matter the political party.....but YOU are the ones who make these "rules of conduct" for the residents to adhere to.....but you can't even control your remarks when someone makes a less than favorable comment about you?

You're politicians fer cripes sake! You should be used to this by now.

And, ya know what? Honestly? Parts of the presentation DID seem "scripted".

What ISN'T scripted in politics? Like, that's something new?

Did he really deserve your disrespect for speaking the truth? Or what he believed?

He may not be the kind of "public input" you want to hear, but everything isn't peaches and cream all the time. You have to expect people to be upset and comment on things in a negative way sometimes, especially when someone is so obviously passionate about this issue.

For you to sit there and get so upset that you mumble under your breath (or so you thought) things like you did is so unprofessional and disrespectful to a resident who even VOTED FOR YOU......I can't even come up with words to describe how truly disappointed I am in this representation.

As a Democrat, I am embarassed.

As a human, I am ashamed.

Thank you for at least letting us know how you really feel about some of your constituents, because now, I can truly say with every fiber of my being......

I cannot wait until a few of you "go home" yourselves.

You are a disgrace.






Here is the YouTube of Mr. Ament's first input, the Public Input that was right after the pledge:


I really don't think there was anything he said in either input that deserved being disrespected like he was. Not at all. This is how Democrats treat their fellow Dems who vote for them? Ugh.