So it appears that our mayor was indeed involved in the whole mess.

EDITOR NOTE–Cyclops, no problem if you have the research. I am often accused of being unfair to Team Dave and since the mainstreamers and mcCall press release didn’t implicate Bieter, I didn’t want to jump on board.

Everybody thought they were a wise and all knowing investor, when in reality if you weren’t making money at that time something was definitely wrong with you. The same is true in the building industry the last few years.

Everyone became a realtor, mortgage person, and builder. I have seen cell phone salesman calling themselves builders. I have seen just about every profession calling themselves a realtor. In a booming market anyone can prosper. The slow down is a good thing. It weeds out everyone that had no business in the market to begin whether they were local or from out of state.

It will be interesting to see what happens to recently curbed and guttered new developments. I remember in the early 80’s when builders walked away from half finished houses and left the state leaving banks to scramble to get properties finished and on the market. I worked for a title company at that time and the foreclosure department was really busy. Lots of money was lost by many people.

Clippity is right, Eagle needs to take note but for a different reason. Eagle wants to start their own water company which is what McCall did with the sewer. The government needs to continue to let private entities operate these utilities. That is what they specialize in.

I believe Clancy is also right here, growth cannot be the scapegoat for mismanagement. If that were true you could blame growth for the two guys that drove the Zamboni to Burger King. If we didn’t have all those danged ice skaters move here they would have never been tempted to drive that thing in the first place 🙂

As the one carpenter ant, whose wings had just fallen off, said to the local wood ant, “See that bare and eroded hill over there that used to be a forest? WE did that and we’re DAMNED proud to be FROM there. We killed everything we could, crapped on what wouldn’t die, and starved ourselves out. Now we’re here to “improve” your forest. Hurry up and scoot over so we can get to work on your trees. My pals and relatives will be here shortly.” “Oh by the way, Your trails and measly trees really SUCK! Can you loan me some money? If you won’t give me money, why, why, We’ll just go somewhere else!” (Where is the DDT when you REALLY need it?)

Emmett, you better take the high ground at the top of Freezeout SOON. If Eagle and Star get there first you’ll soon be forcefully reminded of what rolls down hill!

Hookup fees are used only for system expansions, not maintenance, and they’re only charged on new customers. Many cities use that method to keep pace with growth. In fact, it would be useful to have hookup fees for water and electricity as well, so they don’t have to keep raising rates to pay for capacity expansions and stringing power and water lines to new development.

It’s misleading to hold this up as an example to show that growth doesn’t pay for itself. It’s an example of city officials not being good stewards of their quality of life or city’s financial solvency.

EDITOR NOTE–Can’t speak to fees etc. NONE of the current office holders were involved with problems the former administration created. If you know facts we have omitted, please share them with our readers. The entire 7 page document from the city of McCall is attached. What do you know that we don’t?

Second, guess who was advising the City of McCall at that time as City Attorney? Dave Bieter.

EDITOR NOTE–when the sewer plant sends dirty water downstream it isn’t because FEWER people are using the system. Record does NOT reflect that Bieter was involved.