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To the Editor:
Citizens of Grove, within the next month you will be called upon to exercise a responsibility you have in the election of three councilpersons to guide the city for the next four years. If past elections are any indication, many of us do not feel a vote in this election is important.
Of all elections you have the opportunity to participate in, the city elections are the most important. Neither the Federal, State nor County elections can have more impact on your daily lives. City Councils have the ability of have a profound effect on what happens to your city in a way not possible by other political entities. The City Council can effectively use existing tax revenues to enhance the city by making proper decisions that will benefit everyone in the city, or they can make decisions that are self-centered and benefit only a certain element of the city. Decision supporting a popular item may result in a disastrous result, resulting in court imposed property taxes without a vote of the public. Positive decisions need to be made using wisdom and knowledge of the subject, not by pandering to a group or a self-centered personal agenda.
How many of you have heard the candidate's statements that they will fire the City Manager if they are elected. Fine do that, then what? Having an agenda of this type due to personal feelings certainly isn't the type of leadership we need to assure the future of Grove. The next City Council will be hiring a new City Manager. Will the decision be made based on the individual qualifications or will it be made as a political payoff?
Get out and learn more about the candidates. You certainly have a choice of extremes. Will the candidate tell you that utility rates will not be raised, although it is a legal requirement of the loans for the utility improvements? This isn't a point that can be changed on a whim. How about construction of the infrastructure, should we do the job correctly the first time, or throw something together that needs constant repair due to poor initial planning? A City Councilor can not govern by constantly voting in the negative on everything that needs to be done. It is the Councilors' responsibility to work within the framework of proper prior planning and the establishment of priorities for the good of the entire community.
Citizens of Grove, the decision is yours to make. The outcome of the upcoming election will have long term ramifications for the future of Grove. Get out and vote, but make it a knowledgeable vote.
William Miller
Citizens of Grove, within the next month you will be called upon to exercise a responsibility you have in the election of three councilpersons to guide the city for the next four years. If past elections are any indication, many of us do not feel a vote in this election is important.
Of all elections you have the opportunity to participate in, the city elections are the most important. Neither the Federal, State nor County elections can have more impact on your daily lives. City Councils have the ability of have a profound effect on what happens to your city in a way not possible by other political entities. The City Council can effectively use existing tax revenues to enhance the city by making proper decisions that will benefit everyone in the city, or they can make decisions that are self-centered and benefit only a certain element of the city. Decision supporting a popular item may result in a disastrous result, resulting in court imposed property taxes without a vote of the public. Positive decisions need to be made using wisdom and knowledge of the subject, not by pandering to a group or a self-centered personal agenda.
How many of you have heard the candidate's statements that they will fire the City Manager if they are elected. Fine do that, then what? Having an agenda of this type due to personal feelings certainly isn't the type of leadership we need to assure the future of Grove. The next City Council will be hiring a new City Manager. Will the decision be made based on the individual qualifications or will it be made as a political payoff?
Get out and learn more about the candidates. You certainly have a choice of extremes. Will the candidate tell you that utility rates will not be raised, although it is a legal requirement of the loans for the utility improvements? This isn't a point that can be changed on a whim. How about construction of the infrastructure, should we do the job correctly the first time, or throw something together that needs constant repair due to poor initial planning? A City Councilor can not govern by constantly voting in the negative on everything that needs to be done. It is the Councilors' responsibility to work within the framework of proper prior planning and the establishment of priorities for the good of the entire community.
Citizens of Grove, the decision is yours to make. The outcome of the upcoming election will have long term ramifications for the future of Grove. Get out and vote, but make it a knowledgeable vote.
William Miller
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