SHOULD MAYOR GRIFFIN REPAY TAXPAYERS FOR $10,000 DONNER PARTY?
By Bud “The Web” Page It would be good for Reno to have a composed mayor… one who is not given to throwing temper tantrums in public. Jeff Griffin’s recent tirade attacking three members of the Reno City Council because they do not share his agenda is an insult to the concept of diversity in a democracy. Indeed, if all members of the council agreed with Griffin on all major issues, there would be no justification for paying anyone other than Griffin to sit at the council table which could be renamed der feuhrer’s table. Only a short time past, Reno’s treasury was hit up for a reported “retreat” at Donner Lake… ostensibly to pave the way for more positive relations between council members, leading to better government. Griffin’s public assault on his colleagues destroyed any good that might have resulted from the expensive Donner Party. Taxpayers have every right to ask Griffin why he should not reimburse them for clearly demonstrating that he benefited naught from the taxpayer fina
