The positions of mayor and city council persons should be paid positions. Maybe with pay, we could also ask more of our elected officials. Actually, I would like to see these positions as full time paid positions. We need our elected officials to put the priority on Enid, not their other job. Enid is dying and someone has to put the city before themselves. Maybe if the positions required full time comitment, we would have candidates that really care about Enid and would work to make it better.
Packy, I totally agree. It's absurd that the mayor position isn't a paid one. I guess I don't know much about government, but I had no idea that mayor was an unpaid position. Is it this way in other towns the size of Enid?
Similar to the Lance Cargill 100 Ideas initiative and the Okie Doke Okie 100, the citizens of Enid, Oklahoma have decided to do some proactive brainstorming and this is the place. This project is not related to the other two, we're just following their examples.
Advisory Board
An advisory board will be created and these ideas will eventually be taken to our city leaders.
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The positions of mayor and city council persons should be paid positions. Maybe with pay, we could also ask more of our elected officials. Actually, I would like to see these positions as full time paid positions. We need our elected officials to put the priority on Enid, not their other job. Enid is dying and someone has to put the city before themselves. Maybe if the positions required full time comitment, we would have candidates that really care about Enid and would work to make it better.
Packy, I totally agree. It's absurd that the mayor position isn't a paid one. I guess I don't know much about government, but I had no idea that mayor was an unpaid position. Is it this way in other towns the size of Enid?
Good post.
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