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The Cincinnati Beacon
Crowley Defends His “Dissent” on WAIF Radio
Friday, December 09, 2005
Posted by Andrew Warner
David Crowley has been labeled a troublemaker by many after objecting to certain rule change proposals but attempted to set the record straight on WAIF Radio’s “Real Talk Live.”
New city council person Jeff Berding proposed a set of rules to “clean up the chaos at city hall” before his term even began. Many members of the new council agreed with changes with the exception of Council members David Crowley and Laketa Cole.
Crowley and Cole formed “the death pact” shortly after the new rules and the passing up of David Crowley for the chair of a committee.
Today the Dean of Cincinnati and Justin Jeffre had David Crowley on “Real Talk Live” to discuss the recent controversy that he has been at the center of; including council’s rule changes and the brewing feud with Mark Mallory.
Among his disagreements with the new rules Crowley noted that he has always stood up for people’s right to speak at city hall, as well as peoples right to speak in general. He was the lone dissenting voice on a new rule that would cut out citizens’ input from the television broadcasts of council meetings.
Crowley made an especially strong point that he has a desire to separate his personal disappointment of being passed up for the chairmanship of a committee and his disagreement with the new council rules.
“I have always been a team player and I have 4 years on council that prove that,” said David Crowley.
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