Show keep politics down there seems deenis to be an undercurrent under current in ill tile the provo council in favor of suppressing pred sing SO much political wrangling wrangle ng that sentiment ought to result in decided action there is really nothing in to be gained by pushing pus bing politics into municipal affairs the business of a city ought tobe toba treated much like the business busi nass of a common corporation in fact I 1 city government is a municipal corporation similar to business corporations with a few privileges added arrests can be made for certain offenses which are punished by officers of the corporation the councilmen of the city are to the business of the municipality what directors are to a company what would stockholders think if directors meetings were made in ade partisan wi ang the stockholders would soon ask that more attention be paid to business we think residents of a 2 city have the same right to ask of their councilmen that so much time be not wasted over politics meal local polities are always har harr rai assing ising they seem to arouse more poeju prejudice dice and ill feeling than the polities politics of congress Con greas men can discuss national polities politics without becoming persona personal but not so with local politics in provo we have had more ill feeling over our petty local politics than from other issues of a partisan nature it is is time we were getting over them the present council seems seams tobe to be pursuing the rigid economical policy inaugurated by the last council the last in of interest on water thousand doll dollars irs has beer been paid and yet the treasurers treasur ers report shows abow sove ov e six six thousand del dollars bellare lare on hand that is very good for this time of the year it seems to indicate that some soma five thousand dollars or more can be saved I afore another ber years taxes become due for the revenue from other sources nearly keeps up the running expenses of the city we ve have repeatedly urged and we do so again that a sinking fund be established as soon saon as practicable provisions cannot be too early made for a fund to pay off at ab least some of i the bends when due if five thousand dollars only could be laid aside this year it would still be a nico nic little nest neat egg in a few years at that rate enough would be on en hand to warrant refunding funding re the debt and thereby lessening interest let our councilmen drop polities politics and consider these weightier matters it will suit the people better we are sure |