Why does every disagreement have to become personal? The articles detailing the less than mature or professional behavior on the parts of some Snohomish County Council members along with the childish behavior of high-level county employees should make every taxpayer (who is paying their salaries and benefits) cringe!
Whether elected or hired, the person accepting payment for the job should just do the job. I doubt that there is one job description that includes being able to endlessly point fingers, complain, whine and generally create a boring and useless environment where nothing substantive is getting done.
There seem to be fewer and fewer “adult” grown-ups as we have had a county government complicit in all sorts of personal scandals and juvenile behavior being plastered all over the media for all the world to see. When society used to value a much higher level of public decorum, this would never have been slapped into everyone’s face by the media, social or otherwise.
This taxpayer understands that there will always be fundamental differences of opinion regarding the “business” of the county, but I would like to see a thoughtful, cogent article detailing the differences, what the underlying philosophy or financial status may be influencing specific beliefs. In addition, I’d like to know the details of compromises and their effects on the eventual goals being achieved. I’d also like to know what the council members or the county employees have done to positively move forward, and when does doing your job trump just being “loyal” to your own side regardless of outcomes? From this taxpayer’s perspective, they all need to get back and just do their job — and if they have too much free time, please resign, so much needed tax dollars can go to work elsewhere.
Catherine Paxton
Arlington
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