One of our readers sent us a link to this KCPW radio article, containing a link to an on air interview with Ogden City Mayor Matthew Godfrey, which was live broadcasted on Friday morning. We've edited it down to Godfrey's live segment... and for those readers who'd like to listen to the latest public propaganda regarding the Boss Godfrey high adventure vision, it's available at the link below. It's a fairly large mp3 file, so it will take a few seconds to load:
Boss Godfrey 7/11/08 KCPW Interview
We're posting this "on the fly," and will thus refrain from offering our own crabby editorial comments. We will however incorporate a few text snippets submitted by our alert reader in the email accompanying the KCPW article link:
Who is funding the free downtown bicycle program (it has not even been mentioned to the Council yet)? What about a replacement program for when they disappear?We don't know about the rest of you... but speaking for ourself... we can never get enough of Boss Godfrey's droning on... with that totally annoying nasal munchkin voice.
"...Recreation is a foreign idea to the mostly blue collar population of Ogden and they look at you like you have three eyes when you talk about mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, rock climbing..."
Maybe they just look at the Mayor this way. I see plenty of blue-collar Ogdenites while enjoying the trails and rivers. They don't look at me like I'm nuts for being on a mountain bike or in a kayak. Hiking above town to escape the heat of the city is one of the best free family activities in town.
Indoor Velodrome- funding??? Taxpayers? When are we going to let private business take some risks?
At least the words "high adventure recreation" were not inserted into every sentence. What the hell is that anyway? Google it... every hit somehow links back to Ogden's Mayor or something originating within the city. I'd like to hear him "define" it some time.
Consider this the kickstart to a Saturday open thread.
You know what to do. Do it here.
