Saundra McDavid

“Mr. Mayor! Mr. Mayor!” Horton called. “Mr. Mayor!
You’ve got to prove that you really are there!
So call a big meeting. Get everyone out.
Make every Who holler! Make every Who shout!
Make every Who scream! If you don’t, every Who
Is going to end up in a Beezle-Nut stew!”

And, down on the dust speck, the scared little Mayor
Quick called a big meeting in Who-ville Town Square.
And his people cried loudly. They cried out in fear:
“We are here! We are here! We are here!”

The elephant smiled: “That was clear as a bell.
You Kangaroos surely heard that very well.”
“All I heard,” snapped the big kangaroo, “Was the breeze,
And the faint sound of wind through the far-distant trees.
I heard no small voices. And you didn’t either.”
And the young kangaroo in her pouch said, “Me, neither.”

From Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss

The Whos down in Whoville finally made enough noise and saved their city – both in the book and in our city of Eagle. Too bad it wasn’t the mayor who led the charge, as was the case in the book and the movie. In our case it was the people. Those who chose to live in Eagle because they wanted to be a part of a unique community. Those who work hard to live here. Those who knew that the assessments were fundamentally wrong on so many levels and took time out of their busy days to speak out or support those that did.

The Whos of Eagle, who live, work and play,
They work and they play, day after day.
They came out in force
To say no (of course.)

On March 31st Councilman Norm Semanko introduced a City Ordinance to dissolve the LID which was formed in 2007 by Mayor Bandy, former Councilman Bastian (who is now a state senator) and Councilman Guerber to purchase Eagle Water Company and force an assessment on over 6,000 residents and businesses in order to pay for the purchase. Councilman Semanko also made a motion to add a general revenue bond to the election calendar on May 27^th so the residents of Eagle have the opportunity to VOTE on whether they want to incur the debt to purchase the water company. The 400 people who appeared at City Hall to protest their assessment, and the 1200 or so who signed the petition by the Eagle Water Tax group were heard. Thank you, Councilmen Semanko, Huffaker and Shoushtarian for listening.

Now the question for Eagle – are the residents being led by a mayor or a “kangaroo?”