Archive for Sunday, October 22, 2006
Rick Dowden: 'No' to pay raise
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Your election coverage reminded me that the City Council is indeed seeking a pay increase. As I view it (and from my discussions, I know that I am far from alone), the City Council is now "terribly overworked" because it has no discernable leadership, is essentially dysfunctional and has members who want to spend most of their time making speeches rather than getting things done. In addition, from what I can see, they do not use any of the well-established methods of streamlining work and making it more efficient, such as effective delegation to committees, limits on debate or better use of staff, to name just a few.
So now, because they are so dysfunctional and they now take much longer to get nothing done, they want a raise. I cannot help but be reminded of the old saw about the boy who killed his parents and then threw himself on the mercy of the court because he was an orphan. Do we really need any more full-time politicians? I certainly do not think so.
Rick Dowden
Steamboat Springs
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