Jeanne Harris, the embittering Vancouver, Washington city council member known internationally for her ‘gavel down’ outburst and subsequent efforts in wanting it forgotten, continues to amaze in how she can’t get passed it herself.
It’s well known she received a slap on the wrist for her outburst against fellow council member Jeanne E. Stewart, since city ethics policy did not address her overbearing treatment in ‘gaveling down’ citizens and she sort of apologized as she forgave the community for her outburst.
Since, she has ‘requested’ the famous video be taken down, apparently not realizing that once something is on the internet, it’s there forever. She has also come forward seeming to expect a public apology from others over her outburst and the subsequent ethics investigation that she only received the slap on the wrist for.
Her conduct and disdain for those who disagree with her reach legendary proportions as she has been noted to single out people in the audience, demanding they “stop shaking their heads at her,” and speak down to citizens as if she were a teacher speaking to a kindergarten class.
Her frequent target remains to be successful businessman David Madore, who has become the official boogieman of sorts in several editorials appearing in the local mouthpiece for the Democrat Party, the Columbian.
After almost 2 years of vitriolic articles against Mr. Madore, a PAC who he supports issued an ad featuring a photo from the ‘gavel down’ moment, instantly labeled “negative” by the powers that be.
Brutally honest escapes them as the ad shines a light on the source of many problems within our city that so called city leaders would rather not be seen.
Thanks to the involvement of Mr. Madore and blogs, the light is getting brighter and brighter.
It wasn’t surprising to see David Madore, a devout Christian man, publicly apologize for the ad, only to receive yet another vitriolic negative attackagainst him from the Columbian’s own master of vitriol against conservatives, political editor John Laird the very next day and yet another the next day after that largely targets his involvement in opposing the bankrupting policies of current city elected rulers and funding opposition candidates.
Seeing this ongoing demonization of one citizen in the community, who stands up, literally puts his money where his mouth is and still remains involved, I am not only astonished but absolutely appalled to see Jeanne Harris, on her facebook page, make the following comments.
How ironic, especially given her history sitting on city council to say, “Sinning against someone and then apologizing after the harm is done doesn’t cut it with anyone.”
How arrogant that she continues to show she expects an apology for her ill treatment of others and efforts to silence citizens and taxpayers who clearly see the potential to bankrupt those same taxpayers from the very policies she promotes.
And she expects an apology be given her now?
As the old saying often credited to former President Harry Truman goes, Ms. Harris, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
What an appalling sense of entitlement and arrogance this woman, Jeanne Harris has!
