more backroom deals

There are three meters at the CC. One is clearly for the Pro Shop, and another is clearly for Santana. The other was NOT clear, the City Manager said, who that electricity was for, but the City kept on paying for it anyway. At the budget hearings Dotson found that bill and confronted the City Manager, who said that the only recently found that it had been Santana's bill all along. He promised Paul that wouldnt happen again. That bill was fror around 30k or so, I believe, but the total was around 100k for all the time Santana has been there. It would have been easy to have an electrician trace out that kine to find out where it went. That is apparently what they did, finally, and found out that it was Santana's, if they didnt know that already. My guess is that they knew it all along but were waiting to see if they would get caught or not. A FOI request for the electricians name, date of inspection, license number, and address was made six months ago, but that info was never received by the resident. A refund IS in order here. Why is it not being charged to Santana, like back rent? After EVERYTHING we have given Santana, electricity is about the ONLY thing left for him to pay. And it appears we have been paying THAT for him too. When, if ever, is the City Manager going to look out for the residents, not the privately-owned special interests? ANOTHER case where the citizens pay all the bills for the special interests and all thats left is for the privately-owned companies to sweep up the profits. WHEN will this stop? EVER? Its the same situation as the pool, and the tennis courts- everybody profits at the taxpayers expense! The contractors benefit by being paid AT LEAST triple what its worth for EACH and EVERY city construction job! Sometimes MUCH more than triple. And the taxpayers are left holding the bag. AGAIN. STILL. We are being bled dry by a Council that refuses to do ANY oversight on a City Manager run amuck. Period. All need to be replaced ASAP.