To the Newton Independent:
I see where the "other" local paper has an editorial supporting the Newton City Council decision to "give" (at taxpayer expense) a $1,300 stimulus to a local business in a bid situation that has been written about in this paper and I have commented on here.
I would like to point out a flaw in their editorial justification.
I quote from the Newton Daily News editorial, page 4A, Friday, July 23, 2010: "City buying local helps to maintain businesses, tax base."
"In this case, the extra $1,300 council chose to spend (in this letter writer's opinion a better choice the "spend" would have been "waste") locally not only helps a Newton business, but it will save money on travel to Grinnell for the lifetime of the truck. That extra will equate to less over the life of the truck when all is said and done."
This writer called a customer "800" number for Ford Motor Company consumer questions and asked if I bought a truck from a Ford dealer 20 miles away and the closest Ford dealer to my home was about a mile would I have to take it back to the selling dealer (20 miles every trip) for warranty repairs?
I was told positively NOT, the Ford factory warranty that came with my new Ford was a contract between myself and Ford Motor Company, not the selling dealership and ANY authorized Ford Motor dealership would perform ANY needed and justified warranty work per that dealer's sales and service agreement with Ford Motor Company. Any Ford dealer that refused to perform said warranty repairs for the above stated question I had asked would be in violation of their individual sales and service agreement with Ford Motor Company and could have their respective franchise agreement terminated for such actions.
The City of Newton could certainly upon the expiration of the factory warranty use their own, or a multitude of other local (Newton) repair facilities if said "jilted" dealer refused to repair it after the warranty had expired (I'd say refusing a paying customer (City of Newton) for repair work is tantamount to shooting oneself in the foot) to keep this truck in good repair for its life cycle.
The logic of the Newton Daily News editorial writer of this pro higher taxes editorial of July 23, 2010 is either flawed or purposely misleading.
This letter writer wonders if the Shaw Newspapers Co. is as generous with their checkbook when bidding and buying for Shaw Newspapers as they'd like the taxpayers of Newton to be?
William McLeod
Lakeland, Fla.
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