The praise that Mayor Godfrey has received is especially gratifying because the man has done more for Ogden in the past few years than anyone in the past two decades. He and his associates deserve to have the good people of Ogden's support.Yeah, the Emerald City citizens are now over $90 million in debt; and we yet await one project that's a proven success. With PeeWee's Playhouse opening in May, we're all holding our breath, hoping the Godfrey house of cards won't start tumbling during the coming summer. And there's no hint of a letup in the grand scheming. As a matter of fact, Boss Godfrey continues to ratchet-up the borrow and spend machine, and will no doubt do so until he's ushered out of office (by the grace of God) ten months hence.
He consults with the people of Ogden, his associates and experts who know what they're talking about.Apparently this Irons kid hasn't heard that Emerald City is a republic; and that the opinions of the lumpencitizens don't mean jack. As for the so-called "experts," we know who they are: Brown, Reid and Harmer. These are the geniuses, of course, who engineer deals like BDO management, which is now running a $750 thousand annual shortfall. These "associates" are the guys who continue to mortgage free-and-clear Emerald City properties, like the latest one, which the Standard-Examiner STILL hasn't reported. And we certainly don't want to omit mentioning Chris Peterson, the would-be "expert" developer who has zero development projects on his "expert's" resume.
If no resurgence was taking place in Ogden, I'm sure the letter writer would be complaining that the mayor isn't doing enough to make Ogden a better place to live.We have to admit we love the lame-brained certainty of faith-based Godfreyites like Mr. Irons. No unsupported assertion is ever too audacious for the Godfreyites.
As for my family and me we love the Boots and Bunker show.That one was priceless, we thought. We didn't understand the reference either, and thus googled it. No. It's not a Saturday morning TV cartoon show.
We think this letter is notable in that it clearly reflects the shallow mindset of local folks who still blindly support the Boss Godfrey regime. There are many people in this community who remain unable or unwilling to look behind the shiny new Godfrey monuments which are now springing up in our city. What's frightening is that some of these people are old enough to vote. What's sad is that these misguided folks entirely fail and refuse even to to comprehend the tremendous risk our administration has recklessly and ruthlessly imposed -- and will continue to impose upon the taxpayers of this city -- and their grand-children.
Those of us who look forward to a new mayoral administration in Emerald City clearly have our work cut out for us.
