According to morning stories in the Standard-Examiner and Tribune, a reckless $100,000 excess of government largess isn't the only problem facing Brigham City, Utah government officials these days, as both Northern Utah newspapers reveal yet another whopping lapse of judgment on the part of of Brigham City's Mayor Dennis Fife:
- Brigham City mayor admits to extramarital affair
- Brigham City mayor discloses affair in letter to residents
As a result, his ethics and fitness for office naturally come into question.
Fife is now exerting extreme effort toward damage control; and we'll be closely following this story to find out whether it'll sell with his ultra-conservative constituents (and government colleagues) of Brigham City.
So whaddaya think, folks, will Fife succeed in sweeping his admitted adultery under the rug?
Update 12/5/12 8:00 a.m.: Looks like we can add hypocrisy to the fast-growing list of "endearing" traits of the wonderful Mayor Fife :
Don't forget, folks. This A-1 screw-up Fife is Matthew Godfrey's chief cheerleader in Brigham City government.
5 comments:
This is between him, his family, the other woman and others personally involved. Otherwise- who cares...
Normally I'd agree with you Ray, if this merely involved a peccdadillo in a private, non-public situation. Unfortunately though, Mayor Fife is a publicly elected official, where misbehavior of this type will likely invite blackmail, continuing innuend0, and the sorts of nastiness which will will inevitably compromise his ability to neutrally govern as Brigham City Mayor.
Once he's had the time to cool off, Fife should tender his resignation immediately, methinks.
SE reports the Mayor and his city are being sued by a BC policeman he fired for allegedly having an affair with a rookie policewoman he was training.
Sadly, many Mormons lean on scriptures like these
James 5:20
"Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins."
and 1 Peter 4:8
"And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Incorrectly believing them to mean that if you are "good" with your stake president, you can do whatever you want, and you're "good" in general.
Sadly, the emphasis that the church used to place on personal morality and integrity that I remember from my childhood, has given way to an emphasis on "service", meaning "do what your leaders tell you then you can do whatever you want." That's how we get sociopaths like Mitt Romney who are "good" in the church while being very "bad" people.
Dennis Fife is a symptom of the problem. He is obviously a stupid, irresponsible, imprudent man. He should be removed from office for those reasons. For him him to think he has felt "remorse" and "repentance" while continuing in office, all why having fired others for less, indicates he has no idea what basic morality means either.
Another question that the good people on the Brigham City Council should ask is this.
Given that he no longer had his bishop's office to use to meet women, where exactly was Fife "doing" it?
I'm guessing the best place for privacy would be his city office.
So when you go see the Brigham City mayor, make sure before you sit down, that you check the seat cushion.
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