RECALL: Remove Chris Shelton

Vote FOR the Recall of Chris Shelton. Mr. Shelton has openly complained that the public had not been attending MKI meetings. Now that citizens are, he doesn’t like what they have to say and he is doing everything in his power to squash public input. Citizens had been previously called on as they raised their hands without limits. At the Aug. BOC meeting, the commissioners agreed to accept public comment at the end of each agenda item. Citizens show up at the Sept. meeting expecting to comment, as had been decided, only to find Public Comment had been moved to the front of the meeting and you now had to turn in signup sheet and would be limited to 5 minutes. How can the public comment on items that have not even been discussed by the BOC? What purpose did this serve other than to shut the citizens down?

The October meeting citizens are met with another restriction. Comments are now limited to agenda items only. At this meeting one resident, who has been critical of Mr. Shelton, was stopped abruptly by Mr. Shelton and asked if his comments related to an agenda item. It was not and he was shut down. Later a lady spoke about a topic that was not on the agenda. She was allowed to fully complete her comment without question. The difference, she is the mother of a lieutenant within MKI who supports Mr. Shelton. What happened to “of the people and by the people?”

JAMES KING

Coeur d’Alene