Allow me to retort. “People over politics” sounds great. Until the same office offers to pay for the study that decides whether it keeps the contract. That’s not independence. That’s a do-over. The City didn’t ignore facts. It declined a vendor-funded redo offered only after the vendor saw the vote slipping. Calling a study “flawed” because it didn’t land where …
This isn’t about tone. Definitely not about personalities. It’s about sequence. Timing. And what ends up in the file when the meeting is over. At the last meeting (January 20, 2026), Commissioner Shinitsky, aka Proffer Shitsky of District #3, voted to stay with BSO. That motion failed, 3–2. No ambiguity there. Minutes later—same meeting, same issue—he votes to leave BSO. …
Sheriff Gregory Tony wants this debate framed as “facts, not emotion.” That framing is incomplete. The real issue is not whether facts matter.It is who controls the process that produces them. Imperfect Studies Are Normal. Process Capture Is Not. For the avoidance of doubt: feasibility studies can be incomplete, poorly scoped, or wrong. That is not a scandal. That is …
