Council's Tuesday night meeting saw the reappointment of both Deb Johnston and Dave Sanak to 4 year terms on the Phoenixville Planning Commission. According to people I talked to (that actually know something) Ron Knabb was the choice to replace one of those members. Four of the Council people there Tuesday were on board with it. Enter Jeff Senley.

You may recall last year when the whole flap over the reappointment of George Martynick to the Planning Commission was splashed over the papers. Senley saw an opportunity to call for a reappointment vote after Council received a letter from Martynick asking for a reappointment. With no other applicants, his reappointment passed 8-0. Martynick has had some issues with a number of members of Council including Henry Wagner and Rich Kirkner and his reappointment was is serious jeopardy. John Messina had yet to formally express interest in an appointment though he certainly was chirping about it to Council. A number of people eventually sent letters in requesting the appointment to the other spot. Mike Hott held the other seat but Council showed no interest in his reappointment and he pulled his name from consideration. The little old ladies on Council started questioning the process and Henry Wagner formally requested Martynick's resignation and requested he resubmit a request. He refused and still sits on the PC.

PHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff was at it again the other night. Seeing that these members may face little love from the gang of four, he asked that Council vote on the reappointments after Mr. Speck had readied a motion to appoint Knabb. When faced with the vote to reappoint, they caved like a Utah coal mine. Both received 7-0 votes to reappoint. I can't believe that Henry Wagner can't keep his ducks in a row and waddling in a straight line long enough to get a simple vote out of the way. Perhaps it is a short attention span thing. I don't know but the word for the day is "The Senley".

The Senley is the act of confusing a governing body through redirection and having that body actually vote contrary to their own backroom deal. You can also refer to it as "Pulling a Senley", "Throwing open a can of Senley" or "Senley'd em"