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On Friday evening, just three months after
five new trustees of the city of Seldovia signed
their oaths of office and took seat at the munic
ipal council table, the remaining two of those
five still in office -"dll meet to name two other
Seldovians to. fill,’ the empty chairs, - . . ...,.
The five who were seated April 29th, were the~
choices of the people of Seldovia and were elected
in the April municipal election. The twQ.w|ia come
to'office- ne'xt Friday evening also must ^be the
choice of all of us of Seldovia, although no elec
tion will be held bo. name them*, . . V
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It is the responsibility of every voter in
Seldovia to consider qualifications of his fellow
citizens and to decide for himself which two of
those citizens vdll best serve the interests of
Seldovia on the city council. Once your choice is
carefully weighed and considered, go to Kenneth
Patton, Mrs, Alta Herdngton or Mrs, Tyndle Lipkem
with names of possible candidates, They will be
glad of your help in this ~ f difficult problem of
naming fill-in trustees. *•' •
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The men who .come to th«*' council table must b.e
aware of the problems they face. Itls no easy job
being a councilman in Seldovia* In fact* there is
probably no job ,,rith more headaches involved than
the job of filling a chair at the council table.
It«s a job of responsibility but with no tangible
return, except in the personal, feeling of satis
faction in doing what*s best for Seldovia.
* The council needs new members who are willing
to take it, and who are willing to hand it out as
well. There will be decisions made in the coming
months which will make council members the target
of local complaints, need councilmen who will
weigh their decisions careful!;/, and then stand by
those decisions in the face of complaints and cri
ticism. :
There can never be a city policy-in which all
residents of Seldovia are in agreement. There are
always two sides to every question, and in Seldo
via, in particular, there are always those who are
. surprisingly vocal in their partisanship . for- one
side or another. And that is as it should be —
complaints, even though they may make unpleasant
listening, are an indication that the people of
the city are alert and interested in '-/hat goes on
in the city government. ■?*,
The thing which we
of Seldovia must do is
find council members who
are willing to listen to
our complaints, and wfyo
will do what they can for
•j us,. . when those complaints
are justified. • - Vfe *need
councilmen who will not
be swayed by, any adverse
opinion onde judgment as
to the. rightness o£ an
issue has been passed,
but will stick to their
decisions in the face of
noisy criticism.
Let*s consider the
matter carefully in the
little time ahead and
find two trustees who
will be capable, intell
igent, and alertly inter
ested in Seldovia* 7/het
her the candidates are
men or women won*t matter
much, if they hold those
qualifications. rJhat * s
in the head above. the
council table is a good
deal more 'important than
the- question of whether
a councilman*s knees are
covered with skirts or
trousers.
MAYO WRtCKLD
NtAR NINILCHIK
T/ord received here
this week confirmed the
reports heard around town
regarding Ed Jons s boat
the Mayo. She was almost
completly destroyed in a
wind storm about two
miles above Ninilchik.
Mr. Jones is going
to try to salvage the
engines but the rest of
the boat is a total wreck. "