High Fuel Costs Tax Northern Utah Police Budgets

One gentle reader raises questions re Boss Godfrey priorities

By Concerned About Safety

Interesting article in the Standard Examiner this morning regarding the high fuel costs and the challenges police departments are faced with in budget over runs.

It would seem to me that Boss Godfrey would have budgeted some of the one time monies to allow for the budget over runs, rather than piss it away on popsicles, and other shaky business deals.

Ogden Police is $130,000 over for this last budget year alone just on fuel costs.

The other unnerving part is the Chief Greiner blames the council for not budgeting more money for fuel costs.

The last time I checked, the Mayor is the clown who puts together a budget and presents it to the council. They can add money to certain areas of the budget, but the Boss doesn’t have to spend it on the areas designated by the Council. I would think that the budget presented by Godfrey is his baby, not the Council's.

It shows me where the Godfrey Administrations priorities are as far as funding necessary items in the budget, popsicles, or public safety. Which would you prefer?

I would choose public safety, but I'm not Godfrey.