That's well and good. But we believe the council should at least consider an addendum. As the Tribune reported Wednesday, former Councilman Brian Tessman attended a four-day National League of Cities convention in Boston. Normally, we would see nothing wrong with such a trip. In fact, we firmly believe such trips benefit the city and the city representative.
Conferences make for enlightened city leaders, who oftentimes are learning on the job once elected.
Not only can the council member share information from a conference with others, but the experience helps him or her make sound decisions on behalf of the city. In most cases, as long as the city official participates in the various seminars, we believe it's tax money well spent. In the case of Tessman's latest trip, however, we wonder if taxpayers got a good return on their money. We wonder if sound judgment was used in allowing Tessman to attend. We say this because Tessman was as lame as lame ducks come.