A Lack of Political Will

Earlier in the week the Logansport city council voted down a proposal to create a city-wide wireless network. Why? God only knows, but the excuse is that the council needs more information. The council was presented with a copious amount of information, and an expert (and potential bidder if the project comes back, how convenient)even agreed that this was worth doing, and well designed.

So why did the council really vote it down? Because there are people in our community who have zero interest in the future of Logansport. Their only concern are their wallet. It doesn't matter how sensible the idea may be, it doesn't matter how many businesses, and for that matter Republicans support it, if they can't make money off of it, then they're against it.

A lack of political will? Foremost are the three Democrats on the council that voted against it. They didn't care what it would do for the community, or what it would do to the Mayor who's coat-tails they were carried into office on, they didn't care about it's impact on improving city services, the only thing that mattered to them was would they get reelected if they voted for it. They knew that those with the fat wallets and narrow minds would make their reelections very difficult, and in that moment that's all they were thinking about.

The one and only job they have is to make the Logansport of tomorrow better then the Logansport of today, but instead they thought of themselves. Remember that in the 2007 primaries, when they were supposed to be thinking about the community they were only worried about themselves. Is that who you want representing Democrats in Logansport?