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6/28/2009, 10:20 am
Slash and Burn
If you listen carefully to politicians, what they say may not be as important as to what they do not say. The artful dodgers are alive and well in New Smyrna. The commission approval of the money needed for the MDC was a choice that will show up in Novemb if tax payers do not agree. What not one of the commissioners agreed to the fact that when the MDC puts hands out there is never a clear accounting of where the money goes, the business plan or why after years the MDC is still not even close to the black ink. Last year the question of where the MDC spends its money was asked at a commission meeting. The city manager was to provide answers? Wha Lha! No accounting. Ms Sally jumped on the MDC bandwagon with both feet and sang the praise, then defended the future revenue through expanding the Water Taxi. The rest of the commission followed with more money from the general fund even though all other city departments must reduce their budgets. History shows that the Water Taxi has not succeeded in anything more than being a black hole to which our tax money is poured. Being pro or con has nothing to do with the Taxi issue. If our commission wants Sunshine to show through , than ask for and then give a full accounting of where the MDC cash went. Not one of our elected officials seems to care what they spend money on when it comes to the MDC. I wonder, if truth be known, how much the city shells out for the MDC. Electric, lawn service, material, electronics, etc, etc. Listen carefully to what they do not say and learn.
6/27/2009, 10:15 pm
TO RANDY;
FYI: The City Taxpayer's contributions to the City's Firefighters Pension Plan:
2001-$104,000
2002-$130,000- 25 % increase
2003-$192,000- 47.7 % increase
2004-$203,000- 5.7 % increase
2005-$394,000 94.1 % increase
average increase 2001-2005=43.1 percent
AND IF THAT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH;
TODAY,
THE TAXPAYERS OF NSB SPEND NEARLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR FIREFIGHTERS PENSIONS.....
( $954,000)
THAT'S NEARLY $20,000 PER FIREFIGHTER-PER YEAR......( on average)
JUST FOR THEIR PENSIONS........
AND RANDY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO CUT THE CITY'S BUDGET??????????
ps
There are none so BLIND, as those who WILL NOT SEE......