G.R.I.T UPDATE May 25, 2007

Despite a full house of citizens asking the Council to retain the SPD, and almost six months of work attempting to determine accurate cost comparisons between retaining the SPD and contracting with the  Sheriff's Department, last night the Sultan City Council voted to direct Staff to enter into contract negotiations to try and nail down those elusive Apples-to-Apples costs on two alternatives:

Alternative #3 (a full-service contract with the Sheriff's Dept.) and
Alternative #4 (Sheriff's Dept. would provide "on-call, as-needed" services to the SPD).

Only two council members bucked this apparently-unstoppable Mayor-council tsunami of change:  Standing firm and voting nay were John Seehuus and Jim Flower. On behalf of the hundreds of Sultan citizens who have turned out at three major public meetings, as well as last night's, our thanks to you, gentlemen.

Of Interest:  Former Sultan Councilman Dusty Boucher and Sultan High School teacher, and Editor of The Valley Review, put in a rare appearance at last night's meeting.  He stayed until the meeting's close (after 10 PM) and complimented the council for their vote re the SPD.

All audio of last night's meeting will be posted on our website this weekend.

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PLEASE DRIVE GENTLY this holiday weekend, not only on U. S. 2 but everywhere.
Consider this:  There is absolutely no shortage of bad and/or wreckless drivers out there, over which you have no control or defense but driving with extreme caution. The life you save may very well be your own.

L. Storm, Co-founder, G.R.I.T.
www.ittakesgrit.org