Hello Ward 3, and the rest of Westfield. The elections are over, now for the post game analysis… As someone who has always taken my civic responsibilities and the exercise of my civil authority seriously; as we hire these people, pay them, and for all that do and don’t do. And for all the rest of you who share in that sense of civic responsibility: Is Washington D. C. coming to Westfield? I have heard from a bunch of people about how nasty it got on line; and the other day a pulseliner mentioned it again. Part 2 of the D.C. invasions is that, as many of you are aware we have two primary factions on the Council. One faction has dominated for a while, but now it is about evenly divided, 6-6, and any money or important votes require 9 votes. So, we have stalemates where I can see not much gets done. And, as said we pay for what they do and don’t do, we will pay for this as well. But I guess that this is what the voters wanted, a House divided. A comment question: We all know Westfield had a past, but then, with this, will we have a future? Competition for the resources to move forward is immense. And, with conditions changing so rapidly, even with cooperation, it would be challenging. With the Fed cutting back, or due to their deadlock, and predatory politics I have my concerns about their resources. The philosophy of every man for himself, and if you want it you pay for it out of pocket added into the mix? It should be interesting.
We have a new superintendent of schools, who is working hard at bringing our schools in line with the needs of the21st century; a police force and fire dept.’s. doing well, considering other cities around us. A DPW that is modernizing our ability to maintain the city even though understaffed. And, so many others doing an excellent job, don’t believe me just look around, and be honest, at least with yourselves. Be careful what you wish for, you may get it, and to lapse for 2 years. It is harder and more costly to undo things and to play catch-up.
OK, next, WSU. Personal opinion: those that seek to divide America, and who instigate Americans to fight Americans are not only Un-American, but, Anti-American. Those that that instigate hate for others are anti-Christ, or those of any other religion. The truly moral people of Westfield need to support the good, pro-American students. Westfield is diverse, and while we all have our individual biases, we must not allow those that foster this evil to bring it down town, or even find sanctuary at WSU. Free Speech is one thing, but hate speech is another. , American Exceptionalism has enabled us achieve and succeed when so many Old Worlders never thought that that would or could happen. Our Exceptionalism is, in part, that a diverse population can work together, but for us to be able to work together we need to be civilized. You do not have to love your neighbor, but you have to be able to work with them to retain safe, and stable communities and economies; to pool our talent and abilities that is what made America great, even though not perfect, from our very beginning.
Your thoughts… Your former Ward 3 City Councilor, Brian Hoose [email protected]
