Council comments

It will take more than prayers to get a good government here in the Springs. God helps those who help themselves, I believe. We, the residents, need to take action and MAKE it happen. The Mayor and Council gave the City Manager the discretion to charge whtever he deems right to the soccer guys, just like he does at the pool. Apparently most of the guys are from Hialeah (sound familiar?) and arent allowed to play there because of the wear and tear to the fields. VG locks their gates to prevent outside soccer leagues from playing there. True to form, Garcia suggested that we may want to consider putting in a couple million dollars worth of Astroturf and drainage at our fields to accomodate additional playing time because costs are immaterial and irrelevent, and we have PLENTY of money to spend! I was a few minutes late to the Council meeting but I heard the Chet Fields attacked Dotson relentlessly at the beginning of the meeting. I will have to see it on Comcast for myself before making any comment. The City Manager also went out of his way to try to discredit Mr Dotson regarding a statement made by the previous Chief of Police about the propsed annexation police substation being in a warehouse. Mr Dotson was a witness to that statement so, if the Chief NOW says he didnt make that statement, somebody's memory is faulty. Mr Dotson was pretty clear about it, for his part. It may be the old Chief is concerned about possible references, etc. in the future and is backtracking to protect those things now. In any case, it appears there was a concerted effort to discredit Dotson by Chet Fields and Borgemann. After ALL the financial disasters, hiring fiascos and secret pool handshake debacles by the City Manager, this is all he can find to dispute? If he wants to dispute Dotsons numbers- fine. Let him present numbers he believes are more accurate and the rationale behind it. BTW, the annexation pamphlet is supposed to be on the website for the scrutiny of everybody who is interested too. Dr. Mel P. Johnson