Although we've been tied up with pressing personal business this morning, we didn't want the day to completely slip by without at least commenting in this morning's Dan Weist front page story, which chirpily dwells on a possible (and yet nebulous) memorandum of understanding, which "might," possibly, theoretically, and in concept be consummated (if all parties keep bargaining in good faith) to solve the Powder Mountain Township Mess:
• Will town of Powder Mtn. dissolve?Here's our take on this morning's story, which we believe possibly reveals Mr. Weist's political naivete, as revealed by this prize paragraph from Mr. Weist hisself:
The potential agreement, a memorandum of understanding, could end a two-year legal dispute"Could" is the magic word here people. The key point is that no settlement has as of yet been reached between the warring parties. Let's keep working on this, folks. Let's not let down our guard until a signed-on-the dotted-line agreement is reached. Get ready to gird up for another lumpencitizens' WCF grand email assault on whichever State Senate Committee receives and considers Gage Froerer's HB 218 Bill, once it's (predictably, we think) passed from the House to the Senate.
And here's an interesting twist on this subject:
Assuming for sake of argument that Froerer's HB 218 is passed in the house... how will Senate Leadership treat it?
Boss Godfrey's cousin, GOP Senator Scott Jenkins, now the #2 man in Senate "Leadership," is holding all the cards on this wethinks.
What will Senator Jenkins do? Will he back up his Weber County Republican House colleague, Rep. Froerer? Or will he use his "high-power" political influence to feed Ogden Valley citizens to the developer wolves, and assist on assigning Froerer's bill to a Senate committee which will surely kill it?
So many questions... so few answers...
