The silly tiff between the County Council and the County Executive over rumored costs related to a possible bash to celebrate the roll-out of the Boeing 787 got some frontpage coverage in the Everett Herald today. I read through the supporting materials provided at the story. They're a slap-your-hand-against-your-forehead detailing of the seemingly poor communication from the Executive's office coupled with some robust pique from the Council, mostly from current Chair Dave Gossett (D-Mountlake Terrace).
The classic is on page eight where the Council minutes show Gossett pausing his remarks with his "hand drumming on the podium" before continuing to vent his frustrations.
Memo to all electionelected officials involved: this is making you look bad, find a way to solve it.
UPDATE: Postman adds some coverage and catches a typo, now corrected, which he parlays into a pretty good line.
Posted by Eric Earling at April 23, 2007 06:50 PM | Email ThisI am just sick and tired of government pissing away hard-earned tax dollars in silly stuff like this. Granted, I don't live in Sno county, but this is something every level of government does on a daily basis. Sheesh... Enough already!
Posted by: DopioLover on April 24, 2007 08:51 AMAnd don't forget the already millions of corporate welfare the Ds have already given to Boeing.
Posted by: swatter on April 24, 2007 09:16 AMCorporate Welfare is alive even in the staunchly GOP state of Texas.
250k for a party is not needed. If I remember right, Bart was complaining that Reardon was cutting sheriff deputies due to lack of money. 250k gets you a couple of those.
I see my comment regarding corporate welfare by D administrations cut deep into your land of illusion. Good, it was meant to.
Posted by: swatter on April 24, 2007 12:58 PMBoeing should fund their own parties or at least reimburse the city. Btw, 250k will get you one cop for four years (remember you have to keep paying them). Cops don't come cheap.