Corning Official Sighs, Rolls Eyes

In a subtle display of contempt, Corning City Council member Betty Coccho rolled her eyes at Mayor Tom Reed Saturday morning. The Mayor, who doesn't let a single detail escape his keen eye, exclaimed with certainty, “I just saw you roll your eyes!"

Coccho was indeed "busted".

That was the highlight of the recent Corning City Council meeting on March 21st, which in essence rehashed the absurdities of the last few months. Bickering ensued regarding the ridiculous illegal alien proposal (see 'Corning City Staff to Think About Things') and the Council's failed self-evaluations (see 'Evaluations Don't Add Up').

Coccho has already announced plans to snicker, sigh audibly, and slouch in her chair at the next month's meeting, and Reed, no doubt, will be ready to call her out.

Corning City Staff to Think About Things

In typical fashion, city staffers in Corning are being asked to think about a resolution already rejected by the City Council and then passed onto the city's Economic Revolving Loan Program Committee to pawn off on someone else. The concept is not all bad (punishing city loan recipients if they are found to employ illegal aliens), except that no such indiscretion has ever been found. Is there is too much thought being put into a problem that is only imaginary?

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Corning City Council Evaluations Don’t Add Up

I loved this article. Council members were asked to participate in a voluntary 'self-evaluation' questionnaire. Eight of the forms were returned to the mayor, while three of the nine council members claim that they did not participate. The math doesn't work and the mayor is left baffled.

“I received eight envelopes, who they came from I really have no idea,” Mayor Reed said. “There are nine members on the board, and I don’t know why anyone for any reason would fill out two evaluations.”

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