LETTER: Carpenter needs to replace Vogel

Editor:

Thanks for the story about Fred Carpenter's quest for a seat on the Payson Town Council. As a longtime observer of Payson politics, I always found Fred to be fairly straightforward. You might not agree with him, but you always had to respect where he was coming from -- because he told you straight out.

Compare that to Mike Vogel, who will bounce a man off the Planning & Zoning Commission without a valid reason -- just so he can stick a realtor on. And then he dissembles about the whole thing.

It's pretty clear from your story that an intelligent electorate will place Fred Carpenter on the council The question is: who will be the odd man out.

Here's one vote -- make that a non-vote -- for Mike Vogel. What Fred said about diversity on the council and on boards and commissions makes a lot of sense. It's the only way you can have integrity in town government. It's the old system of checks and balances upon wich our great democracy was founded.

If the henhouse is full of realtors, what do you think is going to happen to the eggs? I can think of no other occupational group that wields such power by flexing their political muscle as do realtors.

Come on voters: can't you see they have a vested interest?

Dave Muncie
Payson

(Editor's note: To read the aforementioned story about Fred Carpenter, click LOCAL NEWS on the right and scroll down.)