City Government All About P’s

Local blogger Tom Forbes was quick to write a post about my last column regarding Moscow government being symbolically “egged.” He provided an analogy that I think is worthy of being published here, which is that “city government should be all about the “P’s” “Parking, police, paving, pets, permits, parks, pipes, parades, poop, potholes, public nuisances, and putting out fires.” I think that about sums up the proper role of city government and provides a baseline for the following challenge to the candidates running for Moscow city government this upcoming November/ Henry Johnston , Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here .

@Digger; can you e-mail a color mug shot to me?

Question: What non-P things should concern city government?