Council grownups square off against our developmentally disabled "kid" Mayor re proper Capital Improvement Project funding prioritiesI consider those things ($2.2.M in proposed recreation projects) toys. We need to have a frank discussion about whether it’s wise to use public funds on things like that, particularly with the (current) economic situation.
City Council Chairwoman Amy Wicks
Standard-Examiner
Council teeters over $2.2M in recreation funding
January 27, 2008
On the heels of last
Friday's enlightening George K. article, Scott Schwebke digs in, and provides further information this morning on the council's efforts to prioritize items on the
Ogden City Capital Improvements Project List. Predictably, a battle royal is plainly heating up between the grownups on the city council, and our ever-visionary Mayor Matthew
"Boss" Godfrey, who seems oblivious to the ever-deepening
U.S. recession and clings unyieldingly to his dream, come hell or high water, of converting
Ogden City into one giant kiddie playland.
If you'd like to read up, you can do it here:
• Council teeters over $2.2M in recreation funding
We'll dispense with our usual expansive editorial comments, and express our reaction to the Mayor's single-minded tenacity in one word:
"Sheesh."We'll leave it to our gentle readers to fill in the rest.
