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Originally Posted by purelife  I find Tee's comments most appalling. If his intention was to endorse Monte, he should have stayed true to his objective. Certainly he may have past frustrations with Dorothy and Jim Sherer, thus those comments are warranted, but then there is the issue of the fourth candidate. Because he clearly doesn't know Brian Weber, it appears he had no choice but to fabricate information to formulate an illogical attack on one of the strongest candidates Dodge City has seen in a city commission race in years.
Weber has made no reference to the tax and spend programs, he is certainly old enough to understand the tax structure, not to mention he's been recruiting, learning from, and advising fiscally responsible candidates on tax policy for years. From what I hear, he began working at a very young age, worked all through college, earned the opportunity to work in the Wichita business and political communities, and devotes much of his time away from work to helping Dodge City. His political and economic experience is not limited to student government whatsoever, and he has more life experience and understanding of appropriating funds than many of us will ever take the time to learn or apply.
I would encourage Tee to attend the public forums, and speak with Weber personally; you certainly owe him that before you attack him anonymously. Weber is one of the youngest and most promising candidates this city has ever seen, lets hope Tee keeps his fabricated opinions a bit quieter before he ruins this city for the rest of us.
It's great Tee supports Monte, so do I, in fact my second vote will be for Monte, right after I vote for Brian Weber. |
It's obvious you have more than just a casual link to Mr. Weber, and that's great.
I do know Mr. Weber casually. He goes to my church. I have listened to him read the sermon at the Catholic Church many, many times.
His previous words in the newspaper sometime back (I'll look for them) tend to lean toward supporting the tax and spend status quo that many of us disagree with.
Let me ask you a couple questions - you answer to yourself honestly...
Has Mr Weber ever had trouble making ends meet?
Has he ever had to compete for a real job in the open market?
Wondered how he would feed and clothe four kids?
Provided for a sick child?
Worked two jobs to make ends meet?
Has he ever been laid off, or been in fear of a layoff?
Borrowed money to pay his personal property tax on his home?
Worked for minimum wage?
Most of us have been in every one of these situations.
Like I said, he hasn't had enough life experience in my opinion to have felt the hurt that most of us have felt. While working for daddy might be enough experience for you, it does little for me.
Now, Brian might make a swell commissioner despite his life experience, but until he starts talking about how he plans to save us money and scale back the tax burden for the common person, then I am not interested. So far, he hasn't done that.
Lastly, I am entitled to my opinion. If Brian wants to refute it and talk about what he wants to do for this city, have him come on here and do it in person, instead of sending his attack dog to do it for him. We have always respected those in the past that have had the guts to talk with us out in the open, here on Dodgeboard.