Opinion -- Mayor out of line.

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by Barb Rowe
I read with great interest the letter you received from Mayor Bud Allee and was embarrassed to be a councilperson serving under his leadership. His comments demeaning the integrity of your journalistic ability were inappropriate for a public official and I for one think he owes you an apology.
As to his record, I agree that he has played an integral part in building the treasury up to $114,000.00 but what good is that money if there are things that are in disrepair. If your household were having leaky pipes or septic or sewer problems, would you not want those things fixed? Also as to the machinery, would you allow your vehicles to be in disrepair and just cobble them up to get you by? That is what is being done.
Mr Allee referred to the water tower being refurbished. That was a necessity to appease the D.N.R. He also acts like all these things are all his doing. Well, this town has a City Council and without their votes none of the things that are done would happen, except when the mayor takes it on himself and goes ahead and does it his way and not the way the council wanted it done. That happens quite often. Why do we have a council if only one person is going to run thing his way?
In regards to his suggestion that you vote for Shelly Barnett, yes, she will support him because she never disagrees with him. I am not homegrown, but my husband is and I have grown to love living here, but having opinions different than the mayor’s does not mean you have a different set of values. Difference of opinions is healthy and sometimes can bring about changes that need to be made to bring things into the 21st century. Demeaning people is not the way to prove a point and for a Mayor to do it in the public forum is politically incorrect.