"Things are seldom what they seem..."

Gilbert and Sullivan were masters of political satire. Their play "HMS Pinafore" poked fun at class distinctions and civil service. The title of this post is from one of their musical parodies. The Watchdog has been sniffing up some news for the citizenry today. As many of you know, questions are being asked about the 1033 Surplus Property program by some in the community and one lone Council Person. It came to our attention that funds had been expended from a fund called the "Explorer Scout Program" to transport the surplus property to Toledo. A request has been submitted to the City Manager for clarification of this question. We have not received an answer from the Manager's office yet. But it now appears that, in truth, the line item expenditures for transport surplus property did, indeed, come from that Explorer Scout Fund. It is not some nebulous "Explorer" program. It is in fact labeled "Explorer Scout Program" in the official city budget. And the money came out of that fund to ship low boy trailers and combat boots to Toledo. Does anyone out there think that this is a fair and decent thing to do to the few Explorer Scouts we have in Toledo? If so, we would like to hear from you: toledowatchdog@charter.net

By the way, the ending of the ditty cited above from "HMS Pinafore" ends with these words:
"You will learn the truth with sorrow,
Here today and gone tomorrow;
Yes, I know--That is so!"