The Town Council has made more split 4-3 votes since the three new members joined less than two months ago than in the last four years of mostly unanimous votes. The new council members, Hannah Toth and Brenda Kalivianakis, as well as Gerry Friedel, seem to look to Allen Skillicorn for direction. They follow in lockstep behind this disgraced legislator from Illinois, perhaps thinking that he has more experience.

Don’t believe me, just watch the last council meeting (Jan. 17) where Councilmember Toth made a motion and then voted against her own motion? Friedel passed when his name was called (assumedly to wait to see how everyone else voted), and then voted no on the motion, too. On another occasion Friedel reversed his position on the sign ordinance. He voted in favor of it back in Nov. 2021 and now he has voted against it.

Skillicorn creates controversy by adding inflammatory issues to the Council agendas and then, when his voting bloc votes his way, he releases a prepared statement where he takes all the credit for making these changes. He clearly has higher aspirations. Maybe he’s looking to replace John Kavanagh or David Schweikert.

And what’s this about Skillicorn photobombing the presentation of awards to Fountain Hills’ “Stellar Students?”

By the way, Skillicorn has a “political figure” Facebook page with 22,000 followers, which he keeps updated, but he blocks his opponents from even seeing that page. Wonder why?