Hubris

THE smoldering enmity between Dagupan city hall and the city council has turned from bad to worse. Blame it on the propensity of Mayor Benjie Lim to push the envelope too far in his evident desire to show who’s boss in the city. 

From where I sit, it was plain hubris on his part that caused the city to operate on a re-enacted budget. The needless power play that he triggered by his decision early on to bar department heads from appearing in council sessions and investigative hearings in aid of legislation will likely result in more unwarranted inefficiency in governance.

Source: By Ermin Garcia Jr.