There's been enough bashing of Brumfield

And so it continues.

Former Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield is taking another public, proverbial bashing from her loud-and-proud political opponents.

Once again, City Commissioner Randy Crowder wonders if maybe she should not sit on the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority because she was not elected and she does not work for the city.

Crowder said he hears these concerns from members of the public.

One member of the public, Blake Prather, told commissioners last week he had concerns about the water project, noting that Brumfield was mayor during the failed Beauty Health and Science Innovations deal that cost the city nearly $2 million.

“I have no personal dislike for Mrs. Brumfield,” Prather said. “I question her competence as the leader of that authority.”

Brumfield, as her opponents are quick to tell us, is a free-spending liberal who, as mayor, spent tax dollars on “quality-of-life” initiatives that included a golf course, dog park, water park and walking trail where a young mother of two was murdered last month.

What’s most amazing about her exploits is that she did all these things without casting a vote as mayor or forcing anyone to comply — because the majority of our elected officials agreed with her ideas.

And then she somehow slipped onto the water authority where she oversees creation and management of the Ute Water Project that every politician seems to agree is necessary to sustain life in our corner of creation.

She secured that position by appointment — a vote from the city commission that’s again debating whether she should have even been considered for the position.

Crowder initially offered his concerns about a non-elected/non-city employee representing the city on the water board in 2013 when Brumfield was last appointed. He lost that debate by a 5-3 vote.

Now he says he is also concerned because reports from Brumfield about the authority’s actions lack information.

This is stunning, of course, that Brumfield doesn’t communicate well with Crowder or others on the commission who don’t like her political leanings.

One solution is to ask other city commissioners appointed to the water authority board, “Hey, what are ya’ll doing in those meetings?”

Another solution, of course, is to try and figure out a way to have Brumfield removed from the position.

“I very much appreciate the vigorous discussion,” Crowder said at the end of last week’s commission meeting.

But not all of us appreciate it. Some of us are sick to death of the Brumfield bashing.

If Clovis doesn’t like her, it can not vote for her again next time she runs for office. If the city commission doesn’t want her on the water authority anymore, it can select somebody else when her term expires in June.

Individuals can show their distaste for her politics by writing letters to the editor or unfriending her on Facebook.

But we don’t need new elections every day or every time somebody does something somebody doesn’t like or every time a new election changes the way a government body might view an issue, or an individual.

Buncha babies.

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