Show Letters to the Editor Editors Editor's Note Letters to t the editor on subject of general In Interest In In- terest to the public are Invited Letters published must be kept bot botto to reasonable length and must be pro properly erly signed by bv the writer The letters present the views of the writers and do not necess necessarily s. s arity reflect the views of The Times Dear Oear Editor t r wish to express humility In attempting the assignment latel lately laced upon me by the mayor anc and city council as administrative assistant to the mayor and council with responsibilities and duties a as outlined In hi the resolution creating the he position I shall give my besto best bes to it but am afraid that too often my best will not be good enough I Consequently I shall have to le lemy let my shortcomings frequently be my I teacher and guide guidO and try to b bas bp as tolerant and considerate of others others oth oth- ers as I hope others will be of oth I me Many of us In the city's employ myself certainly included are new at the task of running a city from day to day and have much to learn just as Moab itself is new at being beng be be- Ing ng a city and has to learn to overcome overcome over over- come some of its more cantankerous ous rude and ways Theres There Is s a period ahead for all of us ol of labor abor and learning and of getting the he rough edges knocked oft off I am authorized by the mayor and nd city council to say this that thai we e will dispose of the wrong kind of if city employee as soon as we wean can an and as often as we have to At this point there can be no place ilace on the city's roster for the easygoing careless and slipshod worker for the irresponsible for forthe forthe the he discourteous for the public instead of the public servant servant servant ser ser- ser ser- vant for anyone who cannot take f fand and follow an order exactly as when it is handed down by the city council or mayor of ot other person in tn charge tot for little side Ide and independent bailiwicks bath baili wicks for the chronic griper or orl malcontent who while accepting a al good substantial salary dery from the city constantly assails the cit city the mayor the city council and everywhere else in sight for the person in short who does not have havethe havethe havethe the best Interest of the city fully Cully at heartOn heart On the other hand we have got gotto gotto gotto to have bave the full operation co-operation of you folks talks out there you folks talks who make up the re real l city of which the city government is only a part There are faction factions in our city that need to be united and wounds that ne need d to be healed heated Help us unite them Help us heel heal them No man or ot group of men Is big enough or wise enough to call all the signals signal We are all going to have to call the signals from time to time AS at we take an ever increasing Interest In the affairs of Moab and AS AI we look ahead from out our Various stations to a common com coin mon man objective that objective b bIng being be being ing a town big enough strong enough friendly enough hearty and happy enough and fine tine enough for all of us To these ends 1 I fully and humbly ly dedicate my efforts and earnestly earnestly earn earn- estly Implore your support and wholehearted co Ellis Foote City Recorder |