Let the public decide. Or not.

Let the public decide. Isn't that the drum Orvis and Martin and others have been blowing lately? "Let the public decide on mayor v. city manager!" they repeat mantra like in a frenzy of new found populism.

Yet the very man who led the charge for this change; who put it out there, then took it back, then put it out there again, just took it away. I guess Mr. Plunkett realized he didn't have the votes. But as the guy who dragged this contentious idea through the streets of Edmonds (twice) and got the public riled up, on both sides of the fence, he should have faced the public. Instead he pulled it from the agenda and kicked it under the carpet.

Ironic, isn't it Dave, Ray and Michael, that Strom Peterson and D.J. Wilson were the only ones voting to continue the public hearing that so much of the public showed up for. I look forward to hearing the spin on that.