MASON CITY – The Mason City Human Rights agency will introduce a new administrative assistant Thursday at its regular monthly meeting.
City Clerk Diana Black will be the new administrative assistant, replacing long-time assistant Amy Simpson. Simpson told NIT that she did not resign the position. There was no word as to how Simpson actually left the agency. She had been serving in a part-time capacity, as will Black. Supposedly, Black will be doing intake of cases and / or other duties as needed to serve the Human Rights Commission. There wasn’t any immediate word on how the new duties related to the Human Rights agency would affect Black’s duties as city clerk.
One political insider told NIT that “the new duties won’t have any affect on her regular job as city clerk because Eric Bookmeyer doesn’t care if she does any intake of cases. He doesn’t want any cases, so why would he want her to do intake? Her office is right next to Trout’s and near Bookmeyer’s. They can watch everything she does, listen to her, see everyone that comes in. There is no privacy. You won’t see many cases ever reported, now.”
According to the agenda for today’s meeting, which will be held a 4 PM at city hall, the commission will discuss “recognition of Amy Simpson’s many years of service” to the Mason City Human Rights agency.
Looks like E. Bookmeyer is sleeping in the photo.
@casino-That is because he is to fat to sit up straight. Besides, he is probably drunk and ready to pass out.
No, he is hiding from the camera. He sleeps in his office at city hall. The only time he’s awake is when skipper comes calling. Then he is “up”. 😉
Congratulations to Eric Bookmeyer. He has accomplished his original goal of destroying the Human Rights agency in Mason City. Wasn’t in time to save IC Systems, which couldn’t cut in MC. To Eric Bookmeyer, human rights and the trials and tribulations of the common person are a joke. He does not care at all. Why should he? The man has a free ticket in life. The people of MC give him a paycheck, and he cashes his wife’s. He is the biggest fraud to ever pass through city hall or sit in the pews of Trinity Lutheran Church. Bookmeyer is accelerating the decay of Mason City by ignoring the masses in favor of his chosen few cronies, that 18-19% of eligible voters in town that voted for him. He is oblivious to the fact that most citizens here cannot stand him and never voted for him. It’s really just another sad day here in MC under the rule of Eric Bookmeyer; no new jobs, drug arrests, sirens blaring, taxes and fees skyrocketing, hoards of people getting paid $9 bucks an hour or less, and packed fast food drive throughs as we lull ourselves to sleep in a Blue Zone fantasy. This is what happens when the people in charge of a democracy become complacent and fall asleep at the wheel, dumbed down by crappy schools and addictions to Candy Crush, Farmville and social media.
@Matt-very well said. This what happens when people do not get off their duff’s and vote. Mason City has always been bad but, it has gotten much worse under Eric’s rule.