GUEST COLUMN: Time to reform local government in Cedar Falls
In the sales world, a promotion that is often run is 'two for the price of one!' When it comes to local government in Cedar Falls, however, taxpaye...
In the sales world, a promotion that is often run is 'two for the price of one!' When it comes to local government in Cedar Falls, however, taxpayers are getting 'one for the price of two!' Cedar Falls is one of few, if not the only, city in Iowa that still operates under a 'strong mayor' form of government while also employing a city administrator. This means we have a full-time mayor making six figures and a full-time city administrator making more. If that's not top heavy enough, Cedar Falls also is rare in the fact that we have an additional layer of bureaucracy in our public safety department.