Monday, August 12, 2013

Window Dressing

Three city councillors held a news conference to say they wanted to inject an extra $2.5 million into the police department to rebuild it.  Seriously?  That amount of money in APD might pay for the donuts, but it isn't going to rebuild the department.  This is all hype by councillors wanting to retain office.  If they really think $2.4 million dollars will do any good then they might want to invest it in a series of national searches to recruit a new cadre of leadership from out side the department.  Bring in some real stars and let them reinvent the place with good management and ideas.

And then there is the superbly boring Mayor's race where the only news is that the candidates might debate soon.  This whole thing is as exciting as listening to a dripping faucet.  There has been little in the way of exciting ideas put forth.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

you're so right Jim, this race reminds of yours versus Cargo. Nothing happened. at all.

Jim Baca said...

I never ran against Cargo. That was Marty.

Anonymous said...

D'oh!

Anonymous said...

Was it a different Jim Baca in 1997?

http://www.bernco.gov/upload/images/clerk/past_elections/municipal.html

Anonymous said...

Yeah u did. 1997.

Jim Baca said...

Well, I did run against Cargo. Funny how you forget these things. Mainly in that campaign I talked about revitalizing the urban core before building new subdivisions. That is why we did the downtown effort, the transportation tax, and the Corridor plan which is still working.

mr. wolf said...

Must've been a riveting race if not only you forgot who your primary challenger was but the race where you won and became mayor.