Mayor Is Not Representing Citizens' Interests

Dear Editor,

Rumor has it we have had Nestles big wigs in town wanting our water. Not just no, HELL NO!

I have been very concerned since my first year on city council. My concern stems from the Territorial Charter. It states in Sec. 38. The mayor of the city of Waitsburg, in addition to his powers and duties as part of the body known as “the council of Waitsburg,” shall have power to veto all ordinances or resolutions passed by said council in the manner provided by this act. I found that the veto power has been misinterpreted as the power to whatever the mayor wants. According to the state attorney general the Territorial Charter allows the city to, not only govern itself, it police’s itself as well.

Obviously again we are getting something shoved down our throats by the current mayor who thinks no one notices. Council better wake up and take notice, your mayor is not representing the best interest of the citizens of Waitsburg, as a result neither is council. We need to stop this. We need to stop the Mayor from wasting so much money that he feels the need to bring corporations in to steal our water.

Debra Callahan

Waitsburg