Disturbing...

I was listening to the news on the way to work the other day and I heard a guy say something that disturbs me me a bit....

The issue is: The Grand Junction City Council has approved zoning for a trucking company located by the local riverfront. The issue itself I haven't studied enough to have an opinion. What I do know is, that there is a local group of individuals which do not want the company at that location, so they are petitioning to have an election to overturn the City Councils decision.

The disturbing thing I heard is a spokesman for the trucking company saying "If decisions of the City Council can be overturned with an election why do we even have a City Council". This disturbs me because it chips away at our Constitutional rights as citizens.

I believe that the Constitution is the law of the land which has worked for 220 years or so so why do we wish to dismiss it so easily. What I heard when he said this was "The citizens as are inept and the City Council is always right ." If you believe your opinion is right and a good opinion then why do you have to worry about an election. Let the issue go to the people, let the people decide, if you are correct then you will be supported if not then maybe you are just wrong. That is the greatness of this country we can disagree and we can be wrong, but we have the right, as a community, to correct others mistakes with the gift of the first amendment.