Vote. Schmote.
Or so the
Jewish comedians say when dismissing something quite feckless. At least in the
mayor’s race—Marty Gadient or Greg Staner—there’s a choice. The latter is
variations of Donald Trump who has made the city work well for developers and
business, but like the U.S. government, does nothing for ordinary folks.
We have the
same two non-choices for Cascade Council. Knowing a fair bit about street infrastructure,
Steve Knepper comes up with good ideas there. For most of the rest of the
issues he simply rides along with the majority.
Last meeting council
voted to give the Manternachs $5,200 to replace their washer, drier and furnace
because the city flooded their basement. Cascade is no stranger to drainage
problems because we’re hilly. Yet council and P & Z ignore the facts. If
either had any fiber, they would undertake a program to force anyone who has installed
too much cement to remove it.
They don’t;
this is why I ran. Of course, council and P & Z blocked me for the third
time, but this could have serious implications if this gets to court—flooding homeowners and keeping people who
want to do something about it off boards could put the city in deep, dark.
Your choice
for school board is Jessica Pape or Michael Clasen. There needs to be more
women in government, but Ms Pape sat on her hands when I was removed from the
sub list for passing student papers back with gratuitous errors on them last
year. So, ask yourself what kind of standards does she support in WD?
