If the public examines the actual facts, this is just a drop in the bucket. The money that was paid out in law suit settlements to Lowery’s buddies, the money paid out settling his messes, etc. O’Fallon should look at this as “good money to get rid of bad”. Let this fat daddies boy drag his butt back to Florissant to milk the teet of north county once again. Good riddens.

Budgets are tight from kitchen tables to board rooms but not in city government! Stop the giveaways.

Moderator-

You are correct budgets are tight. This is why you clean out the trash and send the trash back to the dump of north county. Let this pig, go back to Florissant and suck from the teet of their taxes while he is under the protective watchful eye of his “boss hog” father.

This guy is a cancer, and anyone who can not see this needs counseling. If not for his daddy, he would be nothing but a fat bitter patrolman at some third rate police department in St. Louis County.

The thought that he was appointed as City Administrator to a city of the caliber of O’Fallon is sickening. This guy can not successfully complete a game of Sim City on the computer, much less manage a city of the size of O’Fallon.

If we are matching people correctly to their qualifications: Donna Morrow would be serving tables at Denny’s and Bob Lowery would be the fat greasy fry cook serving up the orders for her.

I will chip in $25,000 if Lowery would move out of St. Charles County and return to Hazelhood or Poorissant or whatever rock he climbed out from under. I for one am sick of hearing news stories about this fat retard. Let him go back to his Daddy, the Poorissant PD, the tolken Major Case Squad assignment, or his tolken Major Case “lecturing” company. What does he even talk about for major case……Do people realize that there are actually trained qaulified people that should be doing major case. This is the last place for tolkenism assignments handed down from Dad’s connections. Suppose you have a loved one that is a victim of a crime….who do you want involved in the case. Do you want qaulified people or some fat guy showing up because of his last name. I am sure the local donut makers like his involvement in major case issues. He probably eats more long johns than Elvis coming off of a two week long speed binge.

It must be nice to have enough political clout to get a golden parachute, especially at the taxpayers’ expense. Most other people just get a kick in the behind as the door swings closed behind them.

I am not advocating a love fest for Mr Lowery. But $175,000. This is about business, the business of taxpayer dollars. This Council has no direction, no understanding. Take Bob’s case. Let him take his case to a public hearing or sue. Do you think he or his Daddy want the line to stretch down mainstreet of people who want to vent about him and his actions. This Council blinked and the taxpayers will pay. Now where is the money coming from? Tax revenues are down, building permits are down, remodeling permits are down, stimulus dollars are scarce, etc, etc. The recession will not turn like a lightswitch or turn quickly. This Council has four choices (if anyone thinks more please tell) raise taxes, cut services, cut payroll or find some stream of revenue that is fair to everyone (what that is I don’t know). If people want to contribute to this settlement that helps too. Don’t mix emotion with business. This Council’s actions in the first 90 days is spending, spending, spending. Do better.

Here is the real problem, there is no way to hold politicians accountable other than voting them out of office. Donna Morrow inserted this fool into O’Fallon at the beckening of people like Tom Wilkerson. The post dispatch should do an article on the amount of law suit litigation fees and law suit settlements that where paid under the Morrow administration. I encourage them to do this article. Citizens will be floored by this amount. However, Morrow is not held accountable. She simply has dragged her lame self back to waitressing at Denny’s, fry cook at McDonalds or whatever she did before. People do not get it, they know the ramifications when they play these games. However, they do not care. It is NOT their money. These people also had no experience in managing budgets or money. If they did, she would not still be sponging off her mom for a home or money. In the future, people should take a long hard look at their candidates. This payment is simply the termination payment to end another one of Morrow’s bonehead decision. Think about that next time you see this fool strolling around O’Fallon like she is a queen bee.

One more thing: Lowery can not even manage his own weight. With that said, why do you think he could manage anything else. Isn’t you body your temple?

Fact Check, Yes politicians are accountable at election time, like every level in this country…..we live in a democracy not a dictatorship. Thats why they vote at meetings, thats why they have records of voting, thats why people vote them in or out. I agree on the amount of money Morrow spent on legal issues was excessive and the taxpayers would be floored. Not a fan of the personal attacks though. Moderator has the point here, taxpayer dollars are being wasted by the new Mayor and Council and the residents/businesses will be the ones to ante up (yes I know all the Politicians are residents). Like he/she said you have got to do better with the budget, taxpayer dollars and your responsibility to handle taxpayer money better. Your record will be the one we vote on.

Huh-
Read the comments in full. It clearly states they are held accountable by voting them out of office. The problem, this is not enough. For these part time politicians, that is nothing. Also, “we live in a Democracy not a Dictatorship….” You obviously did not watch many meetings under the Morrow administration. The only thing missing from this mess was the arm bands and her starting the “Morrow Youth Movement”.