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Thursday, February 4, 2010
City Gov Seventh-graders in Rivera's rearview
Posted by J. Adrian Stanley on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:30 PM
The Colorado Municipal League is issuing a challenge to the state's seventh-graders: Write an essay explaining how to lead a city government.
Word on the street is that Mayor Lionel Rivera is closely watching the contest, to see what advice our city's 13-year-olds will issue. Will they challenge his "leadership style"? Point out his failings with the USOC? Criticize the big salaries of some city employees?
- Mayor: You think you can do better, punk?
Can the Rivera administration stand another written attack from uppity intellectuals after barely surviving Broadmoor CEO Steve Bartolin's spanking e-mail? And what if the brats put down their cell phones long enough to demand a response to their ideas for reform? Can seventh-graders be safely herded into a task force whose findings can be buried and ignored?
Time will tell. Time...will...tell.
For now, the mood is tense at City Hall.
