No on Dalton Gardens recall

The residents of Dalton Gardens are being asked to vote on March 12 to recall our mayor and City Council. Recalling them will not “save” Dalton Gardens. It will instead place our future in the hands of an outside authority; the governor will appoint our next mayor and council. The residents of Dalton will have absolutely no control in their selection. I, for one, would rather we choose our leaders the old-fashioned way, at the ballot box.

We’re being told that if we don’t vote for recall Dalton will see “hundreds of acres” developed and the city will become “an urban zone, with sidewalks and curbs and higher density development.” Sewers will follow.

None of this is true. The compromise settlement of a lawsuit that allows the building of four homes on one particular five acre parcel makes no change to the city’s one-acre and 110 foot of frontage building requirements, which are enshrined in its comprehensive plan. Whatever are the true motives of those pushing for the recall, the reasons being given to support it are baseless.

Alan Wasserman, Dalton Gardens Planning and Zoning Commission Chair

Dalton Gardens, Idaho