Letter: Albert Lea should become home rule charter city

Published 10:33 pm Wednesday, June 7, 2017

I read Gary Hagen’s letter’s with a lot of interest. His dedication at trying to hold the City Council and city manager to abide by the city charter seems to just go right over their heads — but he does keep at it, probably hoping for some community support. Good luck.

I’ve always felt that the city manager has too much control and power over the people of Albert Lea and their are too many bosses  an not grunts to get the work done. Even when I was on the council back in 1985, I felt we should be trying to get out of the statutory city charter, where the council really has nothing to do but agree with the city manager and go to a home rule charter city where there is no city manager.

Austin is home rule and they seem to be doing all right.

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John Severtson

Albert Lea