The Harris Ranch Mafia must thank their lucky stars that Chuck Winder was not elected mayor. He would not be carrying their water for them.

Apparantely he doesn’t even understand that the ULI is critical of ACHD and the current situation. Imagine what they would be saying if ACHD weren’t paying for the study. Say what you want about Bieter, but I support the cities being able to make the planning decisions on roads within their own jurisdictions. ACHD should not be a political body and should not be a decision making body.

The recent study clearly faulted them for their past transgressions, so now we will see if they listened. Let’s see what happens before we send them packing. I believe the biggest problem they will face is the proposed “binding” agreement they call for with all the city governments in the valley. It will be very interesting to see how many mayors and city councils will sign on to that.

However, people should be careful about making statements like “they don’t listen.” One person interviewed on CH7 made that very statement and it seemed to me she was really saying “they don’t listen to ME.” In other words she wanted things HER way, period.

I don’t envy gov’t officals, they can’t please anybody.

Otherwise I support a countywide road agency. As far as the cities telling ACHD what to do, ACHD doesn’t tell the cities what subdivisions to approve or disapprove.

They will do as they dang well please. For that reason I would like to see the leadership changed. If it means closeing it down to get rid of the present leadership then so be it. I’m sick of these groups that we hire and pay for that aren’t held responsible for their actions.

“It is time to end lawsuit based relationships and commit government to serving the citizens.”

Team Dave thought by throwing their Gorilla prowess around with lawsuits they could get what they want. Guess that happens when a lawyer is elected.

Now he is totally behind the results. The basic problem is that Bieter IS the problem! If he had even mediocre leadership skills, it never would have come to this. Let’s don’t even get into how poorly Bieter has handled the police contract negotiations. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that when you have an almost 10 million dollar surplus and you ignore the lack of negotiations with the cops, you aren’t exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Oh, and by the way Jade, that “KATHUNK-KATHUNK” sound you just heard, coupled with that stabbing pain in your gut, is your boss tossing you under the bus! That is, if it doesn’t catch fire first. But that’s OK because it is not like there was anyone on it at the time except the poor driver who’s got to be feeling like the Maytag repair man more and more every day.