Voice of the People: Clueless in Colton

I read with interest the recent newspaper articles regarding the City of Colton. My question is, why does Council Member Frank Gonzales continue to claim “There’s no major problems.. We have a balanced budget, we’re moving forward, the city’s not suffering, we’re doing our job, we’re covering all the bases. There’s no problem.. Everything’s great.” Other than Gonzales, everyone knows that there are serious problems in Colton; our City Manager who was investigating the Public Works Department has been placed on admin leave, the Public Works Director who is under not one, but two, investigations into his department was made acting City Manager, our City Clerk left, we have no Finance Director, the Finance Manager has given notice and is leaving, we have a different acting City Manager every two weeks, and our Police Chief, who recently quit as Acting City Manager, called other Department heads and City Council members out by stating, "There are directors, managers and council members that do not belong in our organization. I am not used to the childish, selfish, lie-to-my-face drama and games that I’ve witnessed.. and it never stops!” Recently the Council passed a $1.7 million deficit budget yet Gonzales says, "We have a balanced budget." On top of all that, Councilman Gonzales himself is part of an investigation into illegal speed humps which mysteriously turned up on his street after he was elected without any authorization. All this and more going on in Colton, yet Councilman Gonzales says, "There’s no problem.. Everything’s great." Wow, Gonzales is either clueless and totally out of touch with reality or he is attempting to deceive us citizens by thinking he can sell his nonsense to us. Since Mr. Gonzales is running for Mayor, it is apparent he wants everyone to think things are great when they're not. I for one am not buying the load of manure Councilman Gonzales is trying to sell to the public.