City Council, absent Mayor Sepi Shyne, appointed some of the new members who applied to the city’s boards and commissions on Monday night. Here is the current list of appointments:
Lauren Meister
Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission — Catherine Lee
Business License Commission — Elyse Eisenberg
Historic Preservation Commission — Matthew Dubin
Human Services — Sarah Adolphson
LGBTQ+ Commission — Renee Sotile
Planning Commission — Kimberly Copeland
Public Facilities, Recreation and Infrastructure Commission — Elaine Polachek
Public Safety Commission — George Nickle
Rent Stabilization Commission — Agassi Topchian
Transportation Commission — Alexander Basley
Disabilities Advisory Board — Louise Smith
Russian Speaking Advisory Board — Aguf Raisa
Social justice Advisory Board — Gisele Washington
Senior Advisory Board — Pat Dixon
Transgender Advisory Board — Lucky Alexander Fuller
Women’s Advisory Board — Helane Wilborne
John Heilman
Public Safety Commission — Bill Harrison
Chelsea Byers
Human Services Commission — Karen Ayres
Transportation & Mobility Commission — Jesse Harris
Planning Commission — Mark Edwards
Public Facilities, Recreation and Infrastructure Commission — Nicole Payton
John Erickson
Russian Speaking Advisory Board — Eugene Maysky
Senior Advisory Board – Bill McNeely
Transportation & Mobility Commission — Adam Kroll
Public Safety – Tod Hallman
Public Facilities, Recreation and Infrastructure Commission — Andrew Solomon
Planning Commission — Rogerio Calvaheiro
LGBTQ+ Commission — Ron Cortez
Human Services Commission — Barbara Meltzer
Historic Preservation — Jacob Sotsky
Business License Commission — Catherine Eng
Arts & Cultural Affairs — Lindsey Deaton
The information about Councilmember Byers’ appointments is incorrect. Jesse Harris was appointed to Transportation and Mark Edwards was appointed to Planning by CM Byers.
Thank you for the follow up. Mr. Harris didn’t appear to have any Planning capabilities. Do we know anything about Mark Edwards?
Taking a comprehensive look at the boards and commissions one could easily discern that for the most part, these are designed to keep the residents occupied and operating under the belief that they serve an actual purpose in crafting and delivering better policy. In actuality it keeps the city council members at an additional arms length in formulating and delivering clear policy and action.
Knowledge, clarity, accuracy and timeliness are the name of success in any venture. Many richly rewarded staff members apparently do not believe in these values consequently progress is slow and the results are dissipated.
all these boards haven’t improved a single thing in this city.
Was Sepi at her congressional race fundraiser?
Sepi has even more distain for the people of West Hollywood than Lindsay Horvath did. Here is Lindsay, at her best, acting concerned about something, with some sort of muzzle, so we don’t have to hear what she has to say.
She stands on the street corner, clutching her rainbow flag in one hand, tightly and anxiously, while the other holds her face mask in a twisted parody of a contorted smile. She imagines the likes and comments piling up, and hopes that the perfect photo she is creating of herself will be enough to inspire her adoring fans. Inside, her mind desperately races through the lines she’s rehearsed before. ‘Be strong, be inspiring, show them that you don’t need to have a family to be content’, she thinks as she poses, projecting a picture of happy independence. Yet in the… Read more »
She was making an entrance in Washington D.C., schmoozing her way upstream.
Based on Jesse Harris’s appearance at CC last evening his appointment is questionable. He neither properly introduced himself nor was particularly coherent. One never gets a second chance to make a first impression.
The Ride with Byers is about to begin. Hold on tight, its gonna be bumpy.
It’s nice to see some new names on this list. Sad to see a number of names that were merely shuffled around.