Chickens on City Council?

 So, if everybody else is cheating on their taxes, screwing their grandmother and beating their kids black and blue, that entitles you, right?   

         Well, that’s the reason/rationale Councilman Mike Delaney gave me at Monday night’s council meeting when I brought up resurrecting the Sidewalk Committee and pursuing a fair sidewalk policy. He 

insisted that Los Angeles and Austin, TX established similar (fair) policies, but abandoned them.

            Yeah, Cascade has just everything in common with L.A. and Austin!

It is well-known that Iowa cities have lots more seniors on fixed incomes in older parts of towns--a good reason to take a lot of the sidewalk out: Why do we need it on both sides of the street, anyway?  It should be removed and the city should provide a property tax rebate to the citizens obligated to shovel, clear and keep walkways passable for the rest of the community. None of council members—Delaney, Kelchen, Oliphant or Rausch said a thing. Not a peep from any of the rest of those chickens!

So, Cascade, is this what you voted for? It is not fair nor moral that the lowest valued properties are forced to provide sidewalk service for everyone. You simply can’t live in a moral community and elect people who do not make moral decisions on your behalf. Contact them and demand that they do so.