The decorum police are coming to Indian Wells. Actually, the role of Miss Manners, or in this case Mr. Manners, will be played by California City News friend City Manager Wade McKinney, who will essentially be the playground monitor within the city limits.
The policy is being considered at Thursday’s council meeting. It would result in a massive restructuring of the property owner identification card program, which allows people to score free tickets at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and get discounts at local golf courses and restaurants.
Indian Wells residents get local citizenship cards? Who knew?
The proposal endows the city manager with new powers. If approved as drafted, McKinney would have sole discretion to temporarily revoke a resident’s card should he unilaterally determine it was abused.
City residents could even lose their cards if they violate city municipal codes, including the ones that govern council elections. And they could see a lifetime ban from the program if they are repeat offenders.
The city manager sees all.
But there are some opponents. “The proposed policy goes far beyond what is reasonable or necessary,” Councilman Doug Hanson said in an email to the Desert Sun. “It literally creates something one might expect to see in a police state.”
The paper reported that the draft card policy was crafted over the summer by the community activities committee -- at McKinney’s request.