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Wed Jul 2, 2008 08:26:08 CDT
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Council raises water rates on the same day they approve $200,000 of legal fees that they did not have budgeted. Comment From: Shinethelight  (Report this comment as a violation)

This group, as your ediotiral wisely says, should indeed be taken seriously. Victoria voters are mad as hell about the actions of a runaway city council they feels doesn't listen to citizen's concerns and even when it does listen, fails to act accordingly. The $200,000 (and more) of tax dollars that the council has determined should be spent to pay for legal fees for indicted city and former city officials is simply the tip of the iceburg and the catylist for the consideration of a recall. The Advocate has not helped matters by editorializing that the actions of the council in regards to the legal fees was appropriate and that the council should "stand by it's men." The council should instead stand by it's citizens and do what is in their best interests and the best long-term interest of the city. The council (with the lone, brave exception of David Hagan)has brought these actions upon themselves. While I don't agree with this most recently discussed recall because the council members being targeted will be up for reelection at roughly the same time as the recall election will occur makes it redundant as you indicate. I do suggest that this group put all of its energies into filing a recall petition against just one member of the council in order to send a loud and clear message that the people of this city demand accountability. That recall should be directed at Mayor Armstrong whose term as Mayor continues for several more years. The Mayor is the symbolic head of the city and he should be the symbolic target of the recall. After all, he is the the person for whom his colleagues were willing to risk the wrath of voters by paying for his legal fees and all because he decided to go well beyond the scope of his duities and interfere with a law enforcement investigation. The citizens of our good city want to send a message to Armstrong. A recall election for just him seems a good way to send that message.