After the recent news of a less-than-perfect audit report for the City of Delphi for 2007, it was surprising that not one council member asked a question about it during Monday night's Council meeting. You would think that those public servants, elected just one year ago, would have lots of questions about what the next step would be, and how the city clerk-treasurer would resolve issues.

You would think that they would offer help and advice and talk about what their role in the fix could be. You would think that because that behavior would represent good government - transparent government - healthy government. That would be what the public expects.

Apparently that open government concept was a wrong assumption because there was not a word said about any of it Monday night. If anything is happening, it is going on behind closed doors and out of the prevue of the public eye. How healthy can that be? This is serious business and should be treated that way.

It has been said by more than one county resident because the local media kept the financial issues of the county government in the public eye, those issues were forced to the surface and the resolution to problems is in the works. That was a difficult time for everyone, but it helped to produce a much healthier government for the county.

It seems that the Comet may have to do the same to help Delphi leaders communicate to the residents just how they are being responsible to the citizens who pay the bills for the city.

It was disappointing to see how city council members seem to have forgotten who they truly represent.

Keeping quiet won't make it go away. However, it does serve to suggest to everyone there is something to hide.