POSTSCRIPT:
Predetermined Vote Plays Out as Pre-Scripted
More than 150 people turned out for the meeting in the stifling local elementary school gym located a quarter mile from the airport runway.
Most of the audience opposed basing the F-35 in their small city. For reasons that are unclear, people in favor of the F-35 got to speak first. Some 70 people in all spoke, overwhelmingly opposed to the $400 billion strike fighter, but council chair Mackenzie called for a vote before all the speakers were heard. Greco objected to this as a violation of the rules of order. Mackenzie plowed ahead.
Mackenzie continued to refuse to explain to her constituents why she was voting as she was. He refused to explain why she was the only council member who wasn't explaining her vote. She said she would explain something later.
The council voted 3-2 in support of the F-35, as had been decided well in advance.
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