At the April 21st Washington, Missouri City Council meeting, resident Bill Kackley used the Citizens Discussions section of the agenda to speak on how he believed the City Council should be representing residents. Kackley commented to the Council "You are councilmembers for the City of Washington, you are not councilmembers for Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3, Ward 4."  Kackley added "in my mind your job is to do what is best for the City of Washington."  Video of Kackley's comments is included below.

Responding to Kackley's comments, Linda Jo Webb spoke at the May 5th City Council meeting.  Webb disagreed with Kackley's comments, instead suggesting that ward Councilmembers's should "represent a specific area of the city" and that they should consider "the needs and desires of the people of that specific area".   Video of Webb's comments is included below.