Dear “Also concerned”
I stand corrected. We have had some good council members in Covington. The ones you speak of had good foresight. I hope our current council has good hindsight. Things are very different now and our need for a person to run our Covington Corporation has never been greater.


Dear “It isn’t that easy”
What’s so hard? You don’t see any other villages in this situation. If our past mayors and council members were doing their job, (or if we had a City Manager) this “Unauditable”, “Deficiency in accounting practices” would not be happening. You say that discussing this current situation is going to “Fuel a Lynch Mob”. I like to refer to this group of people as Covington Citizens that are concerned, about the capabilities of those we elected, to run our village. Our council’s days of intimidation and shooting the messenger are over. It’s time the Covington elected officials start listening to the people in this community.

I said this earlier, until Covington has a City Manager to properly manage this Corporation we will just be floundering. We need someone, full time, working with the Township, County and State. We need someone establishing a five year plan, budgeting for purchases of new equipment, sidewalk maintenance, street maintenance, water tower painting and on and on. Our council should be looking at the forest, not the trees.

I have a good feeling about the current/2010 mayor and council. I think we have a good group that will be able to direct a City Manager and get the maximum benefits for our community and those that live and work here. Learn from the past, don’t re-create it.