Editorial for July 17
Tracy City Administrator Audrey Koopman said it correctly Monday night when she called a decision to reduce the size of the city’s seven-member council a “big decision.” The city’s charter commission will consider reducing the seven-member council, but no specific number was suggested. A quick survey of four cities in the region shows Tracy’s council is larger than three and smaller than the fourth. Balaton, Cottonwood and Minneota all have four council members and a mayor who is a voting member of the council. Marshall has six council members and a voting mayor for a seven-person council. It wouldn’t be right to say just because Tracy is a smaller city, it doesn’t need a seven-member council. It would be right for the council and its charter commission to consider a reduction. The charter commission must ask if reducing the number of council members will reduce discussion that is so important to the public process.
» Full StoryLetters to the Editor for July 17
SRDC revisited: questions, concerns persist
To the editor:
As I read Executive Director Jayme Trusty’s letter last Friday in the Daily Globe, (and in the July 10 issue of the Independent) the first thought I had i
Letters to the Editor for July 15
MOE requirements
To the Editor:
State-mandated maintenance of effort requirements (MOEs) are legislative minimum spending requirements for different categories of services provided by local governmental units (LGUs) such as c
Letters to the Editor for July 11
Focus on issues, not wardrobes
To the Editor: This letter is in response to a letter appearing in the July 9, 2008, edition of this paper. This is the second time we have seen a letter whose sole purpose was to disparage Michelle Obama.
Conflicts of interest
A judge, who in his younger days had a reputation as a party-animal, saw one of his old drinking buddies come into his courtroom.
» Full StoryLetters to the Editor for July 9
A waste of public resources?
To the Editor:
The name of the organization sounds important, the Southwest Regional Development Commission, but an organization that spends only 3 percent of its budget on projects compared to 97
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