taking city council to task for repuke arrogance

[niyad]

(since the resignation of our lone progressive, the entire council is repuke. any further ideas on how to kick their butts would be greatly appreciated. (by the way, the mayor's assistant just sighs when she hears my voice)

Below is a copy of the letter I sent to the mayor and city council
members on the refusal to release the results of the audit of our
miserable transit system:

To Lionel Rivera and Council Members,

It was with the usual mix of disgust and total lack of surprise that
I read, in yesterday's Gazette, that you, OUR REPRESENTATIVES, have
decided NOT to release the results of the audit of our transportation
system, an audit that clearly indicates that there are serious
problems with that system. Worse, you are so indifferent, and
apparently lazy, that you yourselves couldn't even be bothered to
read the entire report, much less look at the recommendations.

May I remind you that the money that funds this system is OUR money,
and we have every right to know where each and every penny of it is
spent (or, often, mis-spent). And we have every right to expect our
elected (and paid-for-by-us) representatives, to actually represent
us, and to take an interest in where that money is going, and to not
keep us in the dark.

I can only assume, from this refusal to permit the PEOPLE (those whom
you are supposed to represent) to see what is going on, that there
are serious problems that you are trying to hide. Otherwise, there
would be no reason to keep this report on OUR transit system from us.
Cui bono? One can only guess.

It would be wonderful if we actually had a mayor and council who
represented the people, who protected our interests, but, alas, such
is not the case here.

In total disgust,

[Mythsaje]

1. Did you CC to the local paper as well?

And I mean CC, not blind copy.

[niyad]

3. I sent copies to both the local rag and the alternative --but forgot to do

them as cc's--thanks for the reminder.

actually, I am surprised at the local rag-they have actually done decent coverage on this issue, for which I have given them much praise.

[LouisianaLiberal]

2. Great letter.

NT

[niyad]

4. thank you!!