As a former Summit County resident and current property owner, I want to express my dissatisfaction with the decorum and ethical standards of Mayor Carolyn Skowyra of Dillon. As they say in leadership, the fish rots from the head, and her behavior at council meetings, including allowing the public to berate members of council she disagreed with, raising her voice at members of the public, fellow council members, and applicants, and participating in discussions in support of the Dillon Recall Committee (of which her husband is a vocal member) all illustrate that her leadership has contributed to the divide that we currently see amongst the Dillon community.

I was hoping with fresh council these attitudes and behaviors would change, but during the Dillon Urban Renewal Authority meeting on April 25, her frustrations with council members Rachel Tuyn and Oliver Luck were apparent as they made reasonable comments about the process and formality of accepting land that they as council had only 40 minutes before approved to be transferred to the Dillon Urban Renewal Authority. 

I also want to remind both remaining and new members of council that 41% to 43% of the population voted not to recall the previous council members, as well as all of the business owners and operators that have made comments in support of development in Dillon. Your duty as council is to represent all members of your community, and when the variance is less than 30 total voters, choosing to ignore this large segment of the population in the interest of your own personal opinions is not only inappropriate but unethical. 

In the meantime, it may be time for a fresh batch of 17 signatures to initiate the recall of Mayor Skowyra.