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Transcription Excerpt: Dusty Boucher Statements during Closing Comment Period May 24, 2007 City of Sultan Council Meeting
Dusty Boucher, XXXX Gohr Road, Boucher Bijou, Sultan. Uh, Ladies, Gentlemen, Thom [chuckles], I speak to you, uh, tonight -- I want to thank the council. You've been doing [sounds like he says, "a very good issue"] regarding the law enforcement, uh, debate. I think this council tonight saw past the immediate dis—dissatisfaction of a room, and held up to your responsibility to [unintelligible word] toward the community. It's not an easy thing to do. That being said, I appreciate all the input that each of you has done. I know some of you feel very strongly on one side – others – I don't know if you feel so strongly – I know you -- folks try to label you as "anti-this" or "pro-that." You're simply wanting to look at numbers. And that is your responsibility. You're doing the right thing. And frankly, I don't think four and a half or five months time is out of line for something that's this critical and this important. Uh, and I do believe that the – as far as why haven't we got a specific apples-to-apples, that's because the staff has not been directed to begin negotiations. That's where you're gonna get your apples-to-apples. Anybody who's negotiated knows that fact. Implied price and actual, negotiated price can oftentimes be very, very, uh, different. And that's the next step that you're taking and I think it's the correct step. Option Four, I think, actually, should have been done some time ago. I didn't know we could do that. Uh, and I think it would be nice to have that there when needed. And Option Three, uh-h-h, I think going through that process would be very enlightening to the council, perhaps to the public – there was one [sounds like, "who listen" or "to listen"]. Um-m-m, how we end up on this, nobody knows at this point. But clearly there are issues hanging over, not only your heads, but the community's heads that are of considerable concern. And to simply say, "Let's stop," I think is not entirely responsible. Uh….I don't mean that to—to single anybody out, uh, but I think five of you who voted to proceed tonight, you have done this community a service. And I want to thank you for that. I know some of you have taken some wicked hits on this issue, and you're probably going to take some more. I'm sure the—the wagons are circling as we speak. But you're doing the right thing. And [unintelligible] to name the mayor for this. He's taken some heat. And…he's leaving with this issue trailing behind him and that's probably not a – Tolson [interrupting] Oh, it—it should be done before I get outta here. Dusty Boucher: Well, if you do – [simultaneous comments] Tolson: It better be. Dusty Boucher: -- well, it may – it may be the defining issue that you're remembered for. And I don't – I wouldn't want that [laughing and simultaneous comments by Boucher/Tolson] Tolson: I have no problem with that. Dusty Boucher: So, you know, you're carrying – in the position of Job, I guess [unintelligible statement; something about being alive – then simultaneous comments and laughter by both]. So, uh, thank you, uh, for your efforts tonight and your ongoing efforts and everything [unintelligible], and the input from everybody. I appreciate those councilmen whose—who spoke so passionately about, about, uh, supporting the police. I think that, uh, needs to be [unintelligible] as well. So thank you.
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