Case writes "Mayor Orr suggests she did not use the word “emergency.” Refer to the Memorandum dated 8/9/2019. The word “emergency” is used FOUR TIMES!"
''I have not declared an emergency, the National Guard is not coming in FEMA is not coming in'' Mayor Orr said in a Friday interview with Wake Up Wyoming host Glenn Woods on KGAB,
Case said that normally the city council must sign off on expenditures of over $35,000 but that there is an exemption for emergency situations. He said he doesn't feel the potholes on Cheyenne streets right now meet that definition.
Cheyenne Mayor Marian Orr, in a memo to city council members, says the council doesn't seem to understand how the city's government is supposed to operate.
We've heard a lot of talk about the city 'fixing potholes' in Cheyenne, yet we still find ourselves trying to avoid them, and many times, it's too late.
An online survey conducted over the last three days on the Townsquare Media of Cheyenne websites found the condition of city streets to be the top issue facing the city.