Comments on: City Council: Chance for a raise?

By: Todd Heenan

Todd Heenan — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:32:05 +0000

Matt is right, I have said this for a long time. If you want serious cadidates you must pay them! I beleive more business owners could run for council if they could subsidise their incomes and pay one of their people a little more to take on more responsibility. I always thought you must pay these people at least $50,000 a year or more, they steer the direction of your community, they make difficult fiscal decisions. We are paying Atteberry $200,00 a year and he is terrible! I would vote for this, if you do not like what is going on in our city government, then you must make changes. Their positions are too important, we pay out millions to city employees every year, council makes almost all of the final decisions on important issues. I aslo think we must have the term limits be final, no soft term limits. You serve your two terms and you are done for good!

By: Matt Devine

Matt Devine — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:18:18 +0000

Ekim, that is exactly why we should raise the pay! Because most normal people can’t live off of $6,250 a year, many great, qualified, honest people do not run. By giving the position a full-time pay, it creates a much deeper candidate pool to choose from, so you are not stuck with the same old “clowns” who “come from money.”

By: Wayne Laugesen

Wayne Laugesen — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:08:10 +0000

I will NOT submit a proposal about this to City Council and have never even discussed it or considered it. I will not co-sponsor a proposal or have any official attachment to it whatsoever. I merely spoke with John Weiss about his proposed ballot measure in a meeting with three other Gazette associates. I told Mr. Weiss I like most of his idea (as I have issues with our volunteer political process) and would bring it to the full editorial board of The Gazette to determine whether we could support it with a Gazette editorial. I am one member of The Gazette’s 6-member editorial board. While I have some influence on other members, I do not speak for any other member and cannot make decisions unilaterally for the board. We have not met to discuss this topic. Furthermore, as a working member of the local press corps, I doubt I will ever propose formal legislation to the City Council. My official role in a local-government policy matter is to express the position of a majority on the board, in writing, after it has voted.

By: ekim tuoraey

ekim tuoraey — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:39:11 +0000

Not one council member has ever done anything in the best interest of the poorer residents of this city. They lie about the SDS,Helicorp, fracking,taxes always going up.Plus they come from money. We don’t need to pay these clowns a damn dime.Hell I believe the city payroll already exceeds 60,000,000+ not counting retirees. In the last twenty years our town has not seen or get close to being in the black,who’s to blame?the city council. they hide important news data thats important to the residents of C.S. they also cover up guilty employees (they know who) and then fire the people that can exspose them. The Mayor fired a few of them. And we want to pay these dishonest elected officals. Then they let all these departments hire within,so as not to hire someone that would be appauled at the way our city does things. We sure didn’t go far to find a police chief. Didn’t want the other canidates to see how corrupt our police really are. They try to get around by not letting residents vote on important matters like SDS.Pulling that stormwater stunt on the ratepayers. Talking about corruption. That not even close to what dirty underhanded deeds are going to come out of there mouth. I’m sure it won’t be the truth.

By: Hunter Willis

Hunter Willis — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:19:23 +0000

My understanding is that, when done right, these men and women work 30-40 hours per week. If that’s truly what we’d be getting out of them then I could support the measure.