Police department rocks
EDITOR: Loved Chief Cramer’s commentary in the Reveille last week. Well-written, informative and even gave us a chuckle. Thank you to Chief Cramer and his staff for harnessing the “suspicious” in Cloverdale. Their team rocks.
Cindi Buell
Cloverdale
Changing the rules
EDITOR: The headline should have read: city taken over by school board, mayor and city council relieved of duties.
Well isn’t that what has happened? CSO #715-2017 went through all the proper steps. City staff worked tirelessly, including the police chief to develop a reasonable and proper ordinance. Public comment was solicited and received.
Note here; In spite of school board members’ complaints, they are in fact individually and collectively members of the public. True, perhaps nobody knelt before the members and asked them to attend the public hearings or begged their sage advice. Nonetheless, each and all had the opportunity to be part of the process.
City staff presented an ordinance and council approved that ordinance. Pursuant to that ordinance and a request for proposals, members of the public submitted applications and fees for a license to operate a business. Two of three applicants were chosen to proceed.
Now we can all take away our own impressions of why, after the award, suddenly school district officials decided to participate. At this point what does it matter?
The most troubling aspect of this whole thing, well, beyond the way the mayor and some council members handled the Bovee matter, is that council did not stand up to the school board members and say, “Sorry folks you should have gotten aboard earlier, this ship has sailed.”
So now the tail wags the dog. In an election year the endorsement of the school board is jealously valued. Draw your own conclusions there.
So if city council changes so much as a punctuation mark in CSO #715-2017 all fees and costs should be immediately refunded to applicants that do not then qualify. A change now is nothing more than bait and switch. Change the rules in the middle of the game, suffer the consequences. Besides, it’s the honorable thing to do, don’t you know, and a bit of honor in this process is sorely needed.
Leonard Von Hoogenstyn
Cloverdale
