Yikes

We like City Councilor Dean Tran, particularly because he's reading Save Fitchburg and some other on-line places and is contributing his remarks. He's the only public official to do so, and we respect the hell out of it. But a note he posted to burgerhell has us a bit concerned.

The entire thing is at the bottom of this post, and Tran makes some salient points, but he has one line that has us greatly concerned. "Whoever the Mayor may be, one will never find a government that is free from corruption, which can only be achieve in a fantasy world."

He might be right about that, but this reads like a public official admitting there's corruption in Fitchburg City Hall. If that's the case, we hope Tran has a plan (rhyme not really intended) to eliminate this corruption. We also hope Tran takes a quick second to respond and let us know what he's thinking on this. We'd also like to know what he thinks is going on that rises to the level of corruption.

Before we get to the full text of Tran's comment, one last thing. Yesterday was "lobby day" up at the State House (see last week's post for more). We didn't see anything obvious in the newspapers' on-line versions today about it. Anyone have any idea how it went down? Councilor Tran?

Here's Tran's full commentary to burgerhell:

This is great reading. I'm quite fascinated and very amused. After reading
these postings, I have decided to end my subscription to the National Enquirer.
Some of the issues are true but many, I believe, are blown out of proportion.
Every towns and cities have their problems. What makes Fitchburg's situation
worse than it is or worse than other cities? Vindictive behavior? Or maybe
simply the spread of personal hatred towards the Mayor. Whoever the Mayor may
be, one will never find a government that is free from corruption, which can
only be achieve in a fantasy world. Once we wake up from our dream, we realize
that we must work with what we have and move on.If Fitchburg is so bad as some
are portraying it to be, imagine living in Boston, NY or LA. Or maybe living
under Mayor Nagin of New Orleans. He's cooking up a recipe and he needs some
help. If one does not like Fitchburg, you always have the choice of becoming a
chef under Mayor Nagin.Exposing the corruption is one thing but don't downgrade
the city. Believe it or not, there are people out there that are truly
volunteering and working hard to make the city a better city.