One Sunday morning, an old cowboy entered a church just before services were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were spotlessly clean, he wore jeans, a denim shirt and boots that were worn and ragged. In his hand he carried a worn-out old hat and an equally worn, dog-eared Bible.

The church he entered was in a very upscale and exclusive part of the city. It was the largest and most beautiful church the old cowboy had ever seen. The people of the congregation were all dressed with expensive clothes and fine jewelry. As the cowboy took a seat, the others moved away from him. No one greeted, spoke to, or welcomed him. They were all appalled by his appearance and did not attempt to hide it.

As the old cowboy was leaving the church, the preacher approached him and asked the cowboy to do him a favor. "Before you come back in here again, have a talk with God and ask him what he thinks would be appropriate attire for worship in church." The old cowboy assured the preacher he would.

The next Sunday, he showed back up for the services wearing the same ragged jeans, shirt, boots, and hat. Once again he was completely shunned and ignored. The preacher approached the cowboy and said, "I thought I asked you to speak to God before you came back to our church."

"I did," replied the old cowboy.

"And what was his reply?" asked the preacher.

"Well, sir, God told me that he didn't have a clue what I should wear. He said he'd never been in this church."

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We kept asking the city to provide a resource for citizen access, records, projects, meetings and other relevant information. They charge outrageous amounts for most everything. Since citizens already pay for this information to be available, we decided we would get it to people for free. We buy it, or get it, and post it here.

This also gives us an opportunity to keep people up to date with what’s going on in the city and at the council level. We have been told it is a valuable resource to people who cannot attend meetings. And since the council continues to meet at times inconvenient to most residents, won’t waive the fees for the documents and won’t post the documents themselves, it appears we will be needed for quite some time.

Let us know what you think…

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