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Thursday night, the Superior Town Council held an important meeting to set the Home Rule election so that the town could continue its funding. The Home Rule is a confusing circumstance but the gist of it is, if a special election is not held confirming Home Rule, then the State steps in and says only a percentage of the money the town has brought in for that year can be used to pay the bills. If Home Rule is not passed (there is no tax involved for the Townspeople), then the Town doesn’t have the capability to pay for Police or Fire Services or even the sewer plant that is important to every single citizen of Superior! So a quorum of at least four members was needed at Thursday night’s meeting to get the Home Rule Election scheduled, and once again Mayor Valenzuela, Councilman Tameron and Councilman Aguilar were absent. Fortunately, the other three council members and Vice Mayor Lopez showed up and got the election scheduled.
Mayor Valenzuela, Councilmen Tameron and Aguilar also did not show up to the regular Town Council meeting two weeks ago, April 14. It might have been because the Recall Petitions for the Mayor had just been presented to the Town on the 11th. I can understand being upset that things are not going your way. But deciding to stay away from vital town business when the whole town economy could implode says that these three men don’t care about our town at all! There are smarter ways to let the public know you are displeased with the way things are going than putting the town in jeopardy.
If they have a better reason for their absence from Town Government, I, for one, would be really glad to hear what it is!
/s/ Nancy Vogler
Superior Resident
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