Here's why mayor wasn't allowed to talk

Likely there will be much ado over the Mayor of Naperville being rendered unable to give his views during the Naperville Township meeting April 11. Let me explain why his request to speak was voted down.

The meeting began at 7 p.m., yet it wasn't until after 10 p.m. when his request was tendered. By this time many at the packed meeting place who had been sitting on hard metal chairs for over three hours had departed, without even realizing the mayor was in the building. No one knew how long he was planning on speaking, nor if he would be willing to take questions afterward. He would have been the final speaker, so we'd have given him the last word at our meeting, which would have been recorded in the minutes.

To me, this would have been unfair, especially considering the fact Ms. Ossyra, whom, in my opinion, is a Township Supervisor showing a very obvious bias toward having the City of Naperville takeover our township operations, had been monopolizing the microphone much of the night, and all of her comments will appear in the minutes. She, by the way, was evasive in answering questions, only fully giving an explanation to one, for which she'd likely prepared in great detail ... "Why didn't you tell any of the township people of the proposal which you'd known about since August of 2015. Her response seemed to justify herself, until the other Township officials stated the first they learned about it was in January of 2016.

So considering all of the above, it was entirely reasonable we denied the mayor speaking time at the very end of our meeting. For me, had he announced himself, and asked to speak earlier, plus offered to take questions, I'd have liked to hear him.

Edward I. Green

Naperville