"Debate" Aftermath - Part 1

I mentioned in an earlier comments thread that I'd probably get around to commenting on Wednesday night's so-called candidate "debate." I've been talking to various event attendees, comparing notes, reading WCF comments, and trying to distill the important revelations that were revealed that night. Having done that, I think the important information falls into three distinct "clusters." I'll discuss the first of these now.

1) Pending Sewer Upgrade/Repairs. Dorothy Littrell got the ball rolling on Wednesday night, when she revealed that Chamber of People's Deputies Chairman Comrade Safsten, in apparent collusion with our Orwellian "Dear Leader" aka Comrade Godfrey, intentionally concealed a highly material and vital report that he and Safsten had gotten earlier on October 17 in a District Sewer Board meeting, (suggesting their might be an upcoming $120 million sewer upgrade coming up very soon,) in which meeting they'd been in attendance.

The Council voted on "starting the 30-day clock on the Wreck Center Project... absent that highly material and intentionally concealed information.

When this information was revealed by local Ogden Civil Rights Hero Dorothy Littrell, People's Chamber Deputy Jorgensen "blushed" noticeably; and People's Deputy Comrade Burdett gave Ms. Littrell a very angry look - a "if looks could kill" look -- if I may say so.

Until recently I'd thought Councilwoman Burdett was merely a decent and moral person who didn't have the spine to battle neoCON heavyweights like Godfrey, Safsten and Jorgensen. Seeing that angry facial expression (and accompanying body language) on Wednesday night, I'll confess I'm less willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. It's indeed possible that she isn't merely a dupe. I'm reconsidering right now whether she's an evil neoCON, just like Comrades Godfrey, Saftsten and Jorgensen.

One thing's for sure though, she's NOT the "brains" of the neoCON Godfrey gummint.

And she's certrainly NOT part of the "inner circle."

Nobody in the Ogden City Gummunt hierarchy bothered to tell her the truth.

I've done some research on this sewer problem, BTW. Councilman Wicks provided some clarifying comments on this too. My impression is that the sewer upgrade problem isn't as pressing as it seems, although nobody knows how much it will cost, and nobody can now predict the effect on Ogden taxpayers. It seems to me though, that prudent government officials would be keeping their eye on this, and wouldn't be pledging every available revenue dollar untii we're well into into the 21st century.

Of course "prudence" is not a word that's found in out neoCON extremist city council dictionary. Our current city government are the types who don't have the money it takes to fix the dilapidated infrastructure, but will take what few dollars we have for "capital maintenance," and drive out to Wendover, for a single "roll of the dice."

Nevertheless, I'll point my bony finger at Safsten and Godfrey, who embarrased two of the gang-of-six at Wednesday night's debate, and further demonstrated that Ogden city government operates on a top-down, need-to-know basis. It was plain from all the blushing and angry faces that Burdett and Jorgensen are just regarded by the current administration as compliant, easlily-manipulated dopes.

What we need in Ogden is a street-smart council. We're plainly not getting that with the band of culturally-illiterate inbread white-bread dopes who "represent" us now.

I'll get on to the next two important points that came out of the candidate debate in the next segment.

Don't let the cat get your tongues.

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