Cheney is hush-hush about WWTP land deal

The Cheney City Council took the unusual step of holding a executive session at the beginning of its Sept. 11 meeting, rather than near the end.

After hustling people out of the room for 15 minutes, the council reconvened and approved a short resolution read by city attorney Stanley Schwartz authorizing city officials to make an offer to purchase land from a local seller. No other information was given at the meeting, other than the resolution contained two parcel numbers, 23182.006 and 23182.007, and language instructing Mayor Chris Grover to present the offer “within the range discussed by t...