Good luck, Sandy residents

Good luck, Sandy city residents. Riverton sympathizes. I'm afraid you may find that money, real or imaginary, will easily negate promises, master plans or anything that might stand in the way. Elected officials are obligated to represent the best interest of the city. However, in the process, they also feel it their responsibility to define "best interest." You will find that they will more readily represent developers and big boxes because of the carrots they dangle.

You say you may have to resort to your referendum rights. Good luck! Riverton gathered over 5,000 signatures on one referendum and over 3,000 on a second. The problem we encountered was that the special election and ballot title are both set by the City Council. They found that to promote "best interest" they have the authority to merely ignore the referendum.

Wilson Svedin

Riverton