Lets see if I get this right...2 Councilmen did not attend the meeting not to participate in the process of appointing members of the review board ...because these two absentees do business in Town, one as an architect and the other as a contractor.

So obviously these two are trapped in a conflict of interest situation.

If their conflict of interest precludes them from doing their job to appoint members of town committees, then why on earth are they on the Town Council?

Why don't the architect and the contractor bow out and let other people without any of conflict of interest get seats on the Town Council so that the Council does its job properly.

Woodside is one wacky town. It should rename itself Wackyside.

I read previous articles to understand what is going on in Woodside. Two members of the Town Council have not participated in the process to appoint members of the architectural review board due to obvious conflict of interest because they do business in Town as an architect and a contractor.

What about even more serious conflict of interest when these two have projects that require the review of Town committees such as the Planning Commission and the Architectural Review Board.

If they recognized their conflict of interest and did not participate in the appointment process, how come they do not recognize that there is even more serious conflict of interest when their projects are reviewed by the town committees? The architect and the contractor have to either resign from their seats or they should not do any business in Town that requires the review of Town committees.

Even more confounding is the fact that Nancy Reyering was slammed with an ethics complaint for saying it loud what is obvious -- that there was at least an appearance of conflict of interest when the architect Councilman had a project that has come to the review of the architectural board. It is sad that she was the one who was pushed out of the architectural board whereas the architect and the contractor are still members of the Town Council.