City Commissioner Poll

[Bubba]

I couldn't agree more! If we do away with the SEC, we should do away with all the why not Dodge projects.

[lurker]

Originally Posted by Bubba

I couldn't agree more! If we do away with the SEC, we should do away with all the why not Dodge projects.

That's a great idea. I get my entertainment by dodging ruts & bumps on the roads and playing hopscotch on the sidewalks.

[doc holliday]

Originally Posted by lurker

That's a great idea. I get my entertainment by dodging ruts & bumps on the roads and playing hopscotch on the sidewalks.

Don't forget chasing cars and marking your territory on tires!

[The Drifter]

Originally Posted by Made in the USA

Bubba, if that's the case, then we need to shutdown the race track, the soccer fields, the Civic Center, and just about everything else the City is involved in!

That's exactly what i said about 5 pages ago. If we vote to do away with the SEC after it was already voted on, why wouldnt we vote to abandon the other WND projects?

[Bubba]

Well, it looks like the city has spoken and they felt that Kimminau was part of the problem. He even got fewer votes than Boettcher! Our next commissioners appear to be Sowers, Smoll and Lembright.

Candidate Name Votes Cast

Mike Boettcher 1390
Ed Kimminau 1342
Jim Lembright 1580
Connie S. Penick 1173
E. Kent Smoll 1784
Rick Sowers 2046


Precincts reporting 6 of 6

[pootsy]

that sucks.

[lurker]

Congratulations to the winners.

[Made in the USA]

Well, at least it is over! Congratulations to the winners, and good luck----

[Detector]

I'll save my congratulations/condolences for a year or so.

My prediction is based on history. I predict the new officials will become disenchanted/disappointed with their jobs in less than 2 years and voters will be crying about their performance within a year.

I believe the problem is voters have tunnel vision. Not so much by choice as by slight of hand of the real powers in dodge. Voters focus on petty short-term issues and vote accordingly. FOP, Dirt Track and now SEC.

The real powers are quite good at using the time tested tactic of divide and conquer. The real longterm issues are avoided by giving voters these little issues to fight over keeping them distracted from the bigger issues.

The real powers, that set on many boards, pull the strings that divide the city making a concentrated effort to cut their positions of absolute power impossible.

This town now survives on immigrants. The same people that turned this city into a packinghouse town gave absolute power to pull the strings of our city's future. They divide voters by throwing bones to a few in the right position to keep them in power.

Who are in a position to influence future Dodge Citians? Teachers. We have some of the highest paid teachers in the state thanks to our immigrant explosion and the powers making sure they understand where this wage comes from. Immigrants. The same immigrants these real powers need to keep a hold on the strings.

What voters need to do is look past their short-term personal agendas handed to them to keep them occupied and unite to address the real problems facing the future of our town.

[lurker]

Gotta hand it to this small town:

Chase voters, in Rice County, approved a .5 percent city sales tax to fund street improvements

Ed & Mike & Terry had a great idea (see above) but it looks like we will fund our much needed repairs from property taxes.