Buchanan on the Council's 2010

The MRJs Jesse Buchanan has an article on some of the big issues facing the new Council:

"There is an expectation that we'll be on the case," said Town Council Chairman Tim Slocum

Councilman Ecke spoke on the 'no confidence' vote at the CPD:

"Do I think it will be magically fixed in a year? Only time will tell," he said. "I don't know that it will be solved, but I'm sure it will be addressed."

Councilman Schrumm spoke on the budget:

"We can't print money like the Federal government,"... "I don't think they're in the mood for a substantial tax increase," he said.

And I weighed in when asked about the pool. I offered two goals of mine:

1) A referendum on a permanent structure by November... noting that a special referendum would cost money... so there would need to be a good reason for holding a special referendum... particularly since it would have an entirely different voter pool (likely much lower) than the general election in November.

2) All Council members say whether they will support / oppose the continued use of the bubble. I don't and won't. It costs too much money for a "self-supporting pool" and it wastes too much energy at a time when I thought we were supposed to be getting serious about energy consumption.

Tim White