Comments on: 200 gather in support of mill levy increase

By: Moe DeLaun

Moe DeLaun — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:31:19 +0000

A quick head count showed there were about 75 to 80 in attendance, give or take a few… not bad for a Thursday morning rally, but nowhere near 200.

I would really like to support this, but when council showed me just how resourceful and creative they can be at coming up with cash for something like the USOC project, I am hard pressed to believe they can’t be as resourceful at keeping our pools and community centers opem, watering the grass and keeping our park restrooms open, and keeping firefighters employed and cops.

Scare tactics? I’m afraid so. Is the $9 million in city salary hikes for next year still on the table? Does the city manager still have two deputy city managers on staff? Uh huh… just as I thought.

Doug Bruce’s initiative is just plain stupid (the council really should have put Gallagher’s partial de-TABOR on the ballot, as I am pretty sure it would have passed convincingly. But a mill levy increase right now is gonna be a really tough sell in this economy. Bankruptcies, foreclosures, and high unemployment just don’t bode well for a tax hike right now – or maybe Martin, McNally et al haven’t noticed. Now THAT would be scary.

By: Dave Gardner

Dave Gardner — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:53:09 +0000

200? It was a good crowd, but I would have guessed 100 at most.

By: It's Scare Tactics at Work . . .Again!!

It's Scare Tactics at Work . . .Again!! — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:31:11 +0000

We’d close 5 Visitor Centers, Pools, Irragation of 85 parks. GIVE ME A BREAK!!

Ask the question,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED FROM ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS?

Don’t give us the ol’ song and dance about cutting Firefighters and Pools and Parks, what a crock!!

Don’t believe it, it’s a lie. Make the REAL CUTS needed on spending NOT needed and DO YOUR JOBS!

By: M. M. Mills

M. M. Mills — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:52:13 +0000

Absolutely no more taxes or mill increases or money mandated to be taken out of our pockets!! Perhaps, and I know I’m just wishfully thinking here, if the State, County, and City budgets were handled differently we the public wouldn’t have to be constantly bullied, badgered, and guilted into having our money ripped away from us.

Why are we not rewarding those departments who come in under budget? I believe the mentality of stating a budget for the ensuing year and then HAVING to spend that amount before year’s end is rather sad. Having worked on a Board of Directors before and having my eyes opened at the amount of money we were FORCED to spend at year’s end because, if not, we lost the state grants……well, that’s just ridiculous…..we had come in way under budget but were not rewarded for sound management and budget control…..we had to spend the savings or lose the grants…..and don’t even think of asking for less money the next year….why, what would people think? That we really didn’t need that much money? How silly.

NO NEW OR HIGHER TAXES, NO MILL INCREASES — keep your grubby, sticky, greedy fingers off what little I have left over in my paycheck!!