Hitting the nail on the head
April 25th, 2008, 1:41 pm · Post a Comment · posted by kylew
It probably didn’t get noticed, but to me, this was the key quote that came out of Thursday’s Laurel Hill City Council meeting:
“We’re all suffering. The reason for the suffering is to move city in direction it’s supposed to be going.” — Mayor James Dunn.
The comment came in the context of a contentious discussion following a vote to fill a vacant seat on the council, and inadvertently described some reasons for the political divisions in Laurel Hill.
Some stop after one sentence. “We’re all suffering.” For some, that is enough reason to oppose pretty much anything city staff wants to try.
Some are willing to accept the second half of the quote and are willing to pay a price now, hopefully for the future benefit of the city.
Who’s right? I’m not touching that one. I’m like the person who stumbles across a schoolroom brawl five minutes into the fight. I can see there is a dispute going on, but I can’t claim to understand how or why it started.
Until enough folks are on the same page — whatever that page may be — I fear more tiffs like the ones that marred Thursday’s meeting.
