From Deseret News archives:
Provo's Council is split wide
The council which has split into camps reconvenes tonight for the first time since discord over a neighborhood revitalization program and a staff hiring led to open displays of disgust between council members in each camp.
Council members on both sides described that meeting with words like "war," "ugly," "circus" and "embarrassment," and they expressed hope tonight's public hearing on a controversial proposal to increase impact fees won't dissolve into more rancor, especially because it comes two days before the council is scheduled to participate Thursday in a six-hour retreat.
One second-term council member said the body's problems run deeper than at any time in his seven years in office.
"In my opinion, it's the worst it's ever been," Paul Warner said. "There is less openness, and fewer decisions are made with full discussion of the council."
The move was allowed by city code, and Dayton said it avoided a drawn-out search and taxpayer expense. Opponents said it exposed a lack of dialogue between the two factions.
"What I see with the City Council is it's 4-3, 4-3, 4-3," said Terry Kemp, a Rock Canyon neighborhood leader. "That is sad. This position doesn't represent just four members of the council. I think a lot of people in the city are not impressed with the way the votes have been going."
The impression of a firm 4-3 divide is growing and could worsen as Richards and Knecht on the one side and Warner on the other prepare for re-election bids in 2006.
Each side says the other is playing politics.
Some predicted political battles would emerge after the November 2003 election. Turley upset an incumbent and promised to change Provo's political landscape.
Turley said he would defend property rights, a position joined by Warner and often Johnson, also in her first term.
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