Owensby and Scare Tactics

Yesterday, several Ward 3 residents received this flyer via the mail. As usual, Owensby is using scare tactics to get the residents of Overland to vote against their own self interest.

For example, the portion about Rob Herman (I can only assume he means Bob Herman, but is probably Owensby's backwards way of trying to CYA). What happened at that meeting (and I was there!) was that Bob Herman proposed, at the strong suggestion of our auditors, an Investment Policy for the city. This is a legitimate proposal, again done at the suggestion of our auditors, regardless of the actual policy contained therein. However, there were questions about the policy. And it was Jeff O'Connell (not Ann Purzner) who made the motion to send the proposal to the Legislative Committee.

The above is on the record and can be found on the city's website here. (pg. 4)
Thus, Owensby's quote of "Thank GOD Mayor Purzner was there to stop this madness!" is a complete falshood. Actually, it was the fiscally responsible man who has been in charge of multiple budgets, Ward 2 Council Member Jeff O'Connell, for whom we should be thanking God!

Then Owensby ties these actions to the stock market crash (is 417 points really considered a "crash"?) and states that Ann possibly saved their homes. This is hogwash! I have never heard of a city that lost its pension plan and they came after the homeowners within the city.

The question shouldn't be "Will Overland be another Enron?" since that comparison is null and void. The question should be "Why don't we have an Investment Policy in the city of Overland?"!