Kalinyaprak guardian of taxpayer dollars
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Editor,
If a demonstrated interest in protecting the pocketbooks of Polson taxpayers was a requirement for holding office, the list of candidates would be much shorter. It is also highly likely that our tax bills would be lower. In the not too distant past there was a proposal that the city purchase a building that was overpriced and would result in a loss of income that the city received as the lessor of the lot the building rested on. Only those who regularly attend council meetings are aware of how close it came to being a done deal. There is little doubt that outcry from citizens attending the meeting where that proposal was on the agenda influenced the decision not to go ahead with that squandering of taxpayer dollars.
Among the Polsonites at that meeting was Murat Kalinyaprak, playing his usual role as a guardian of taxpayer dollars. His verbal objections to waste aren’t always as eloquent as those of an English major from the University of Montana, but they come straight from the heart. All he ever asks for is that government actions be for the benefit of all citizens and not a select few. That there not be meetings behind closed doors that are not subject to public review.
Now you know why my wife Carol and I support Murat and those candidates who have cared enough to attend council meetings year after year.
We acknowledge that the candidates whose names appear on the Polson ballot are nice and fine upstanding citizens. When having to choose between two or three good candidates, those whose past participation in the affairs of city hall make the difference in where we mark our ballots.
Pete Daniels
Polson
