Castle: "put your vote where your mouth is.”

According to the Northwestern, Oshkosh Mayor Bill Castle--pretty much the only staunch defender of the garbage fee left on the Council--is going to ask his colleagues to place a referendum on the November ballot to exceed the state imposed levy freeze. He can't honestly think that the public will vote to raise taxes in the context of living with a city administration and council whose competence is seriously under question after a series of mishaps (land sale, Five Rivers, Leach bathrooms, etc. etc.). Gotta love this quote though:

“A lot of what you hear out there is we know we need these things, but we don’t want a fee, give it to us in taxes,” Castle said. “If they all vote down the garbage fee, that’s good to say, but put your vote where your mouth is.”