Time to change the form of Havre city government

Editor,

At the time of writing this opinion, our next and last public hearing will be Nov. 1 at the City Hall chambers at 7 p.m.

First thing, I, as the chairman of the Local Government Review Commission, want to state that it was over a year before I felt this recommendation we’ve proposed in unanimous decision was the appropriate change to offer you, the voters, along with the charter.

In 1996, the last Havre Local Government Review Study Commission — Dorothy Gail Radar, chair, Robert W. Keeler and James P. O’Leary — studied and recommended nearly the same ballot language. It f...