GOOD JOB!!

This post is my personal opinion. 

Driving through town this morning after church, I saw that the City staff and residents have been busy this past week mowing yards, some that haven't been touched in over a year!  What a difference it makes in the overall look of Watonga.  GOOD JOB!  The efforts really show WATONGA PRIDE!!

The City Council agenda for this coming Tuesday, August 20, is still not published on the City's website, but is posted on the front door of City Hall.  On the agenda is an Executive Session to discuss the lawsuit filed against the City by Linda Barrett.  How the city deals with the suit is a matter for City Council to decide -- they can drag it on and fight it, resulting in the City Clerk's dirty laundry being aired in the public and at greater cost to the City in attorney's fees and deposition costs;  or they can be reasonable and settle the matter and put it behind us. 

Keep in mind also that settling this claim won't cost the City anything -- they carry liability insurance that will pay any settlement! 

If you communicate with your City Councilman, I would encourage you to express to him or her that the town doesn't want this hanging over its head for the next year or two. Our town is on an upward swing right now and it would be a shame to let this matter be a cloud over the progress the town is making.  It is not only in my best interest to resolve this matter quickly (I didn't want the matter to get this far in the first place), but in the best interest of the City.  /Linda Barrett