The PI Gal Weekly Awards (a new feature)

I decided to follow Ari Herzog's lead and acknowledge stuff that happened over the week past. Of course, Ari lists blogs of note he came across, but still ... and away we go!

Best performance by a City Councillor (legislative):

It's a tie!

Donna Holaday (at-large), for her performance in the building inspector re-appointment debacle. Even if she was intending to ultimately vote to approve, she did the right thing by suggesting that Council give Gary Calderwood and itself time to address concerns raised by a resident and a fellow councillor.

Larry McCavitt (Ward 1), for his performance on the same issue. He may have blown the impact of what he was saying by making it about his experiences with the building inspector and not those of his constituents, but it still took guts to stand up and say his piece with Calderwood sitting right behind him.

Best performance by a City Councillor (non-legislative):

Council President James Shanley (Ward 3), for reminding everyone how precious our lifetime is and that we should make sure we tell people we care about that we care.

Worst performance by a mayor (not many candidates in this category):

Mayor John Moak, for giving a whole State of the City address without once uttering the word "landfill."

Note: There may be other things, but I don't know about them ...

And finally, The Plum Island Stinky Sewer Award goes to:

Tom O'Brien (Ward 6), also for his performance in the Calderwood episode. He refused to withdraw his motion to accept the re-appointment (a motion that was made within split seconds of the Clerk reading the appointment), making it impossible for the rest of Council to vote on Holaday's suggestion.