I like Will Rogers' column. He provides a valuable service by
analyzing city issues, the people who make them and the people who
criticize them. He is not a mouthpiece for the City Council, as Robby
Shaw has said ("How dare they," Oct. 24). Rogers has criticized and
analyzed all council members, as well as Bud Ovrom, the city manager.
In past columns, he has analyzed the Five Points redo at Victory and
Burbank boulevards, the absurdity of the effort to recall certain
councilmen, the city's effort to publish a newsletter regarding the
latest information about the airport, Judie Sarquiz's sleight-of-hand
move to a new appointed position closer to being appointed city manager
when Bud Ovrom retires, the joyriding of Councilman Bob Kramer with the
police on Friday nights, Phil Berlin's possible machinations behind the
scenes, the merits and demerits of the planned Media Center and, last but
not least, the exposing of the gadflies' spin on the airport issue.
His ability to get behind the issues and present them clearly is a
great asset to the readers of the Leader.
WESLEY GREENE
Burbank
