She should come to Colorado. Jobs in Government Administration may be vacant soon.
There is currently a movement to impeach the stripper/mayor of Georgetown Colorado who is trying to fire several other Georgetown employees.
Georgetown officials, mayor mend fences
By Kit Miniclier
Denver Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - GEORGETOWN - After a bit of shouting, Georgetown's Board of Selectmen gave embattled mayor Koleen Brooks a second chance Tuesday night, rather than oust her from office.
"Things are very serious, and I would hope we could work together. However, the board does have the right to remove you," Mayor pro tem Brooke Buckley told Brooks at a meeting Tuesday.
The flamboyant mayor has been repeatedly criticized for speaking of the town and its employees as "my town" and "my employees." She had also tried to fire four employees.
"I have to apologize," Brooks said Tuesday. "I have been "I' for 37 years." She also promised to stop referring to town officials as hers. "I would very much like to be part of the team."
The 37-year-old mayor was elected in April to a two-year term. But town employes, including the town manager, both members of the two-man police department, and several selectmen say she doesn't communicate effectively and has abused her power and authority.
She also came under fire over the provocative way she dresses and faced allegations that she exposed her breasts at a local bar.
Selectman Edwin Tomasi, the only male among the five selectmen who govern the town, said the mayor was trying to learn how to be a mayor. But he and other council members criticized her for repeatedly attracting unwanted media attention to the town.
"I think that is very unfortunate for the town," Tomasi said.
Buckley, who chaired Tuesday's discussion and attended grade school with the mayor, said, "Apparently, now the mayor is in it for herself instead of Georgetown." However, Buckley added, "I honestly do think she could work with us."
Brooks, who earlier had given candid television and newspaper interviews lashing out at her perceived enemies in the town, told the board she looked forward to working with them.
The purpose of the meeting was to decide whether the selectmen would go ahead with impeachment proceedings.
Last week, several members spoke of unspecified instances of alleged "malfeasance in office" and sought information from town attorney Ed Caswall on ways to proceed with her impeachment.
Ironically, all the selectmen know they could be the target of recall petitions for approving an updated zoning code without putting it to a popular vote. Several people have spoken of gathering petitions for their recall, said Town Clerk Phyllis Mehrer.
The mayor has accused a variety of officials, including police officer Mark Dillard, of slanderous remarks. Dillard filed criminal complaints against the mayor after a shouting match in a bar.
Brooks, who said she doesn't know why the governing body "is so afraid of me," also questioned the wisdom and expense of calling for a formal hearing to impeach her sometime next year when her term would be up less than 14 months later. |
