Berry's credibility takes a hit

Mayor Richard Berry has attached his name and reputation to an effort to "logroll" two issues, the Paseo Del Norte and I-25 Interchange Improvements and a Multi-Sports Complex. Logrolling, putting two unrelated issues in one piece of legislation is illegal at the state level, but is apparently "legal" at the local level.

Legal or not, it is wrong. Voters should have been allowed to vote on each issue separately.

Also just plain wrong, is Berry's effort to convince voters that voting for the bond issue "won't raise their taxes". The truth is; if voters vote yes, they will pay more taxes than if they vote no.

The phrase "won't raise taxes" is dishonest. The statement is "technically" correct based on mathematical machinations but is ethically dishonest.

Berry continues to disappoint; whether it's letting his PIO trample on the press or deliberately deceiving voters to get his Sports Complex funded, he is not the man he pretended to be to get elected.




photo Mark Bralley