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Show "That’s not why I’m here," Gilger said. "I want these sculptures off the city property immediately." The city moved its materials off Erb’s land three or four days later. Finally, the sculpture was complete. But this is a sculpture with moving parts. A fountain of water shoots from the apex of one of the stone columns and creates a liquid archway of sorts. But for the fountain to work, it needs electricity and water. And the city, after all this, wanted to hook into The Hogan’s electrical and water system. Even then, Vern only asked that the city pay its fair share. No way. He could not even get a reasonable response to that request. And Vernon Erb gave up. He told the city to find water and power somewhere else. His generosity had been worn to a nub by the counterproductive, sometimes stupid and even bizarre tactics of the City of Moab. And it was still not over. Last week a city worker asked Erb to move his vehicle from Vern’s own parking lot so that the city could move heavy equipment in and dig a trench across Vern’s property for a new water pipe to the city’s arch, no doubt at a cost of thousands of dollars. Had the city shown an iota of civility or fairness, Vern Erb would have worked out a deal with Moab. Now, when forced to install expensive new water lines, they still could not avoid rude behavior that went beyond comprehension. And at this time the city still has no way of providing electricity to run the pump. The Zephyr has no personal beef with any city employee or public official and three years ago, in fact, came to the defense of the city manager when she was being personally attacked by another public official. But Moab City is not being run as if it cares about the citizens who live here and, regrettably, the letter from Donna Metzler shows just how outof-touch the city has become. The letter said nothing. And spoke volumes at the same time. Instead of the we are now faced that doesn’t seem weird little town; direct, personal and sometimes ugly confrontational politics of the past, with a kind of randomly unresponsive and adversarial administration to like any of us. It’s difficult enough as it is making a living in this Moab businesses hardly need a Moab City Monkey on its back as well. showcase local talent to a world wide audience BEAN BAG or DOUBLE-OUGHT BUCKSHOT? YOU CHOOSE. The Moab City Chief of Police recently advised the City Council that his department had acquired non-lethal bean bag guns and that one of his officers had been sent to a school to learn how to use the weapon properly. That officer, in turn, was to instruct other members on the Moab P.D. Chief West hardly sounded enthusiastic, however, and warned that the bean bag guns “could also be lethal" in some situations. That is probably true. 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