Archive for Sunday, November 8, 2009
Tim Rowse: Learn, Think, Vote
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For the Let’s Vote committee, it’s all about the democratic process. When a citizen or group of citizens feels the majority of the voters disagree with a decision made by City Council, it’s that group’s right and duty to be the check and balance for council and to question the council’s actions.
Many of the individuals who don’t think the issue should go up for a vote seem to be saying, “This is why we elect City Council, to make these decisions.” To these folks, I ask a simple question: Who provides the checks and balances for City Council? The answer is “you do.” Is any person or group of persons right 100 percent of the time? Does there need to be a mechanism that allows the pubic to question decisions the council has made? Of course there does.
Keep in mind that annexations are one of the few decisions council makes that are irreversible. Annexations are forever.
Over the next three months you will be inundated with local media on this involved and complicated issue. We ask you to avoid the chatter and take a hard look at the issue and make the decision you think is best for Steamboat today and 20 years from today. We ask this because the only chance you have to influence the future of Steamboat is right now.
Feel free to contact our organization at letsvoteboat@yahoo.com if you want to be involved. Stay tuned as our organization will do our best to give you the public perspective on the issues surrounding 700.
Let’s Vote has developed a slogan: Learn, Think and Vote. Please take the time to apply our slogan to this important issue.
Tim Rowse
Let’s Vote committee spokesman
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