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Submitted by Administrator   
Thursday, 28 June 2007

Dear Editor,

 

            I have no idea what the current city council thinks it was elected to do.  Tuesday night, they approved three more things that should make us believe they are not fit to serve our city.  First, they raised water rates for the fourth time in three years, as a consent item.  They have either no courage to tell us that fact, or see no necessity to be forthright.

            Second, they gave a bunch of city employees pay raises as high as 7.5%.  On the heels of being ranked as the worst metropolitan community to live in, they give managers and charter officers, the very people responsible for failure, huge raises.  One wonders what their rationale could possibly be.

            Third, staff told council that the fiscal impact to the taxpayer is unknown, because they had not bothered to do the math on benefit and pension contribution costs.  Thus, the council blithely and irresponsibly gave pay raises to failed managers, in total ignorance of the cost to you and me.

            If you ever needed clear evidence that these seven people should never be allowed to touch the public’s checkbook, Tuesday night established that fact.  I pray furiously that honest, educated, literate citizens will run to unseat those who run for re-election. 

 

            Thank you, Dave Thomas, Modesto

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