From the comments section by Harold Ey…this one was especially good, so I wanted to re-post it here so you wouldn’t miss it:

“Voters in the City of Chico have no one to blame for the aimless and welfare dependant people that seem to take our resources and offer nothing back but themselves. I don’t see how with a current voters registration of over 38,000 that it only takes about 6000 to elect a City councilor with little or no real concern for the community as a whole. Currently we have 4 liberal council members who are spending money on every social program that help elect them and directing little or nothing back to the actual tax payers. I do think they are growing more powerful due in part to our voting apathy. Voting in a city government official should not be decided in the same manor as a high school popularity contest for class president. Once in office they use tax money for little more than keeping those core voters with pet projects happy and none for the basic services that help keep our community safe. We need a city council that can abide by the Budget Basics (Police, Fire, Schools, Roads and Parks) first and foremost. My opinion is we need to start demanding more in return from our elected and staff people in city government. If the people on city payrolls (read your tax money) are not capable of resolving city problems effectively with fiscal responsibility, then we need new staff members.” Harold Ey