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The Queen and her Court in Mexico

I still find it very odd that all of the noise made over the last few months regarding the mayor's "voting bloc" has been so obviously a cover up for Queen Welsh and her mighty bandits.  I have been observing this for a while now and think I have it figured out.  It was really a quite brilliant play.  
Step 1. Present a diversion of deception and mistrust against a group that up until the last year were working very well together and all of a sudden the earth shifted on it's axis and all of the good that was being done in our city and promoted by ALL of the council quickly became a competition for attention.  
Step 2. Implement personal attacks on candidate Riedeman, Mr. Killingsworth and Mathews, Riedeman by the way as everyone knows, chaired the Kennesaw Development Authority and continued to promote the progressive agenda of the then unified mayor and council, found himself being thrown way under the bus.  The dominos started falling about the time that Ms. Welsh didn't get her way on the council appointment that some call "the poor widow not getting what she was entitled to".  All of the attention she (Welsh) kept throwing was only to keep the heat off of her.  
We now find out that even the queen herself who was quick to criticize Mr. Riedeman, Mr. Killingsworth and Mathews for their financial struggles over the last few years was doing nothing more than trying desperately to keep anyone from hearing about HER OWN CITY BEING FORCED TO FILE A LIEN AGAINST HER FOR NOT PAYING HER TAXES!!  Yep, you guessed it, the queen herself was so delinquent that she ended up with a Lien on her business property from the city that she serves.  How many ethical complications does this present?  The law seems pretty clear on this issue...She immediately became UNQUALIFIED to serve as an elected official.  It appears that as soon as someone tipped her off that it had been discovered that she quickly paid it and tried to keep anyone from finding out about it.  Oh my!  She would never do such a thing...and as of today, she is STILL past due on her taxes owed to Cobb County for 2012 AND 2013.    Now if you dig a little deeper, you will discover that she wasn't short on cash at all, she had recently (in or around 2012) received a $400,000 loan from the Small Business Association.  I wonder where all of that money went?  She abandoned her house on Main Street to get back to her Legacy Park kingdom.  One might think, oh my she must have spent it on her new abode in the high end neighborhood of Legacy Park known as Winterthur but NOOOOO she is still just a renter. 
Fast forward to now...her plan is now (almost) complete and a huge success...(notice I said almost).  She ended up losing one of her "voting bloc" puppets (Mr. Jenkins) but gained Williams and Sebastian. 
Realizing that she didn't get a 100% sweep in the election, she needed to regroup and modify her takeover plan.  She immediately called an offsite strategy session with her new #1 Cabinet Member (Ms. Williams) and rumor has it that as we speak today, she and Ms. Williams are planning their takeover while on vacation (together) in Mexico!  Yep, you heard it correctly, the Queen of K-town and her Princess of the Pups Ms. Williams have jetted off to Mexico to figure out what to do next.    Rumor even has it that they were whisked away by one of their biggest supporters and Limo Company owner a Ms. Robertson (no relation to the Duck Dynasty group I'm sure) in a FREE First Class Limo Ride to the airport.  I'm sure that if you ask the limo company for the Queen Welsh Special that you too can get the same perk as your elected official....FREE.  
So the real "voting bloc" may actually be in place...Welsh, Williams, and Sebastian.  I'm not sure why Mr. Sebastian isn't on the trip....How long will it last?  I guess we'll only know when the team gets back from Mexico.  
I guess there could be another twist to the story...maybe she a Williams are planning Welsh's exit strategy and with PR Guru Williams I'm sure it will be a good one.  
2014 should be an interesting year... My bet is that the city ends up having to hold a Special Election to replace Ms. Welsh when the State realizes that she has violated her Oath of Office and is no longer qualified to serve as an elected official. 
Unfortunately, the only way the city can heal from the environment that Ms. Welsh and others have created will be the removal of Welsh from office.  She has shown many times over the last few months that her talk is cheap and her actions speak for them self.  Do the city and the residents a favor, be the bigger person, take the high road and Step Down. 

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