Outside deep pockets have voice and influence

I think they are elitist and think they know better than everyone else what Petaluma should be. Most of them respond with vitriol to constituents rather than trying understand issues and moving forward as a community. Kinda like the current federal administration.

I agree, I'm not impressed by our City Council's decisions that don't reflect the preferences of at least those I know here in Petaluma.

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City employees spent $2.3 million on City “CalCard” credit cards over the last two fiscal years. That’s $991k in FY23–24 and $1.35M in FY24–25 — over $2.3M total — and the quarterly expense reports that were released to the public don't tell us what those were for. 

It looks like there are a few dozen credit cards in circulation assigned to various employees, but the public can only see that payments to the credit card company were made. Residents can’t see what was purchased or how purchases are reviewed and controlled. For a multi-million-dollar spending channel, basic summaries by vendor or category (Amazon, travel, supplies, etc.) seem reasonable. 

My husband asked Council about this during public comment last night (1/26/26) and didn’t get an answer. Hoping we can get some more transparency on how these taxpayer dollars are being spent.