While Rome Burns

I am disgusted with the behavior of our Town Council at last Monday’s (June 8) meeting. We have a $12-million dollar deficit owed to the EDA for the new Police Headquarters and other significant projects that have helped the Town. The County is not going to service the debt on the Police Department starting next month, which means it could go into default on the Town’s moral obligation failure to pay.

Can the bank repossess the Police Department? Not a word on this catastrophe waiting to happen last night. They seem to think the Town’s lawsuit against the EDA will win in court and they won’t have to pay off the millions that are legitimately owed.

Then they pushed forward with the plan to start their own EDA. They ignore legitimate questions about the proposed EDA and think the public is too stupid to notice.

Instead, they seriously think we are more interested in whether a bikini bike wash violates our community standards instead of Town Council violating their moral obligation to pay their debts.

Because I believe it is time to change our priorities, I am running for Town Council so I might do more than just complain about this “business as usual”.

Betty Showers
Front Royal, Virginia