Getting Past Modoc-gate
If you want to show your concern for the economic future of Modoc County attend this Tuesday’s board of supervisor’s meeting.
The agenda for Tuesday, Feb. 23 includes this item, “CONSIDERATION/ACTION: Establishment of Citizen’s Committee for input into need for Modoc County Financial Restructuring in 2009- 2010. (Alan Hopkins & Don Demsher)”
A volunteer citizen’s group, represented by Hopkins and Demsher and known as the “Monday Group,” is offering the board help. Made up of county leaders and business people, the “Monday Group” is presenting an opportunity to the board to accept community involvement.
This is a chance for the board to show its willingness to cooperate and collaborate with the community on resolving the county’s fiscal crisis and move toward to a brighter future.
We also hope the “Monday Group” will represent the interests of all Modoc County citizens. It may be premature, because this will be their first public appearance, but to get things off on the right foot, we believe the “Monday Group” must make it clear to the community from the outset what their purpose is and who they represent.
Open government applies to all. Closed session politics and the blame game must become a thing of the past.
Change for the good can only come when we have leaders who recognize a problem before it’s too late. In this case, it’s never too late for the supervisors to take the hand that is being extended to them.
-- Barbara March
3 comments:
I'm sure the BOS will accept the "Monday Group's" offer because they will want to look good and like they are going to listen to the people for a change . We all have seen and heard them all in the past do this and then on down the road all of a sudden they do an about face. None of the BOS members know how or care to communicate with one another and they actually don't even care about one another. It will be another interesting chapter in their dysfunctional mannerisims and actions. I would like to see a real miricle happen here and that they do listen to the people; but ???????????
Don't take it for granted that the BOS will agree to the MOnday Group's request. Show up and speak to that.
Precisely. We have seen where "taking the actions of the BOS for granted" has gotten us.
If you have been following the posts here, the impetus has been on making the BOS aware of what the public wants and changing their actions if it does not reflect the will of the people.
To do this requires an informed and involved public. Even if the BOS were functioning well, this would still be required.
We, the people, are the government. Not our elected officials. The sooner we all realize this, the sooner we can get constructively involved at the local, state, and national levels.
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