Lavonta Williams: ‘You don’t have to go there’

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Do not enter signAt a Wichita City Council meeting last August, Council Member Lavonta Williams (district 1, northeast Wichita) advised taxpayers on what to do if they disagree with action taken by the council: Just don’t go there.

The topic that day was whether the council should decide to add fluoride to the city’s water, or should it let citizens vote on the matter. Williams expressed concern that if the council were to decide to fluoridate Wichita’s water, citizens would not be able to avoid ingesting the added fluoride. They wouldn’t have a choice.

By way of analogy, Williams counseled the concerned citizens: “Did you like the art that went down to WaterWalk? Maybe you didn’t. But you don’t have to go there.”

She also said we don’t have to go to the apartments that were built at WaterWalk, and we don’t have to stay at the Ambassador Hotel.

True, we can avoid these government-sponsored and subsidized places if we want to. But what Williams may have forgotten is that we can’t avoid being forced to pay for them.

Besides that, what does it say about a government where if we disagree with its actions, we’re told “you don’t have to go there”?

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4 responses to “Lavonta Williams: ‘You don’t have to go there’”

  1. Ictator

    Using Councilwoman Williams logic, I guess my only choice is to leave town. The crony capitalism in Wichita is a disgrace now that the only supporter of open bids on city contractrs, Michael O’Donnell, has left the city council for the legislature.

  2. Susan

    Point well taken, thanks Bob

  3. Queen of Hearts

    Another twisted opinion pontificating about comments taken completely out of context. Do you do that intentionally or are you just obtuse?

  4. the Red Queen

    I am NO RELATION To the QUEEN Of HEARTS!!!

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