In his usual Monday column John Skipper offers the option of resentment to consider when reflecting on the failed C.E.S. proposal that recently flunked the sniff test.
He does not mention Max Weaver by name but he strongly eludes that Max cast the only descending vote not to move towards further study. No where does John mention this was…and still is unproven science. He failed to include that these fine folk who brought their carnival act here were turned away at numerous other communities before…and with good reason. He fail to mention that health risk was the center issue in the rejection, that and the suspicious “rush” to finalize as brought forth by Turnquist at his first North Iowa Landfill meeting where he tried unsuccessfully to throw his weighted vote around. He horribly misjudged those fella’s with the seed corn caps on.
He failed to mention that 99% of anything our mayor brings up is viewed with suspicion; our illustrious mayor has little creditably left in this city due mostly to his public behavior and wanton disregard towards the respect the public office he commands deserves.. Brent Willett is at best a bush league player who needs immunization against City Hall. Bookmeyer is grabbing at straws trying hard to create something he can point to use as a reason to re-elected him…and it just isn’t there. Bookmeyer is in the trench as I write these words trying to dismantle the public works department and throw out about a dozen families onto the street. He wants to blow the better part of 100K to move his desk; he wants to rearrange the Fire Department and while doing it get rid of the union. You need not be a political science major to recognize what’s going on here…panic.
John Skipper just gave you a part of the story, the part he likes best. Having said that let me go on; I like John skipper, he is very bright and much more articulate than I will ever be but I think he’s riding on the wrong bus…..
Peter Children
