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.
Don't forget to chime in with your views.
2 comments:
I was at the debate and it seemed to me to be an out of control free for all that no said person would want to tyake part in. People yelling at the candidates, firing questions here and there that were meant to insult instead of enlist a response. I was amussed at Jorgenson and Burdett when they realized they'd been left to twist in the wind by Godfrey and Safsten, but the bottom line is they should have known, as the big Sewer Meeting was held prior to the vote and neither of these council fairthewells apparently didn't think it necessary to ask anyone about what went on. I've heard Garcia and Wicks complain bitterly about the Administration's information packets arriving just moments before the council meeting, yet the Mayor feels a vote without the research and facts at hand is OK and the 5 members of the Gang of 6 rubber stamp the guy. Only Garcia and Wicks descent.
Glasmann is about the only candidate that ever mentions the infrastructure. At the Jr. League debate he stated his position is that the infrastructure, along with Public Services, HAS to be addressed before we go charging off and paying for another toy for the Mayor. I think he also won this debate--in absentia, and that takes some doing. But he did get a little help from Dori Mosher when she told he Glasmann had crunched the numbers and knew the debt and the costs to be.
Larsen's recent claim to get votes is that he's trying for the Hispanic vote by taking Spanish, for hell sakes. Anyone know about this party chairmanship he claims to have held? And if he did, so what?
Doug Stephens seems to know his stuff. He's soft spoken but a real a stand up guy to boot.
Ogden's share of the $120 million sewer fix-up, the one that caught the 2 incumbents by the short hairs, is about $70 million. The infrastructure also includes roads, water lines, storm drains, all of which add up to about $150 million to fix. This policy of "fix things when they break" seems to me to be a huge roll of the dice, only brought about so that the Gang of 6 can build their gym/bowling alley on a field of contaminated dirt.
Amazing. Makes me wonder why we ain't gone under.
Rudi, Rudi, Rudi:
You write:
"the band of culturally-illiterate inbread white-bread dopes who "represent" us now."
Now come on, There is nothing "white-bread" about Filliaga!
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