Saturday, November 8, 2008

pool losses mount, officials unconcerned

IF we rented the pool to Doral, which in turn rented it to Goulds, how much did we rent it to Doral for? What are OUR expenses for this weekend? Why are we using resident tax dollars to provide profitable oppurtunities for private businesses? Does our rental fee even cover our expenses? If not, why not? Do we make any money from concession sales? If so, how much? Where is THAT money reflected? The pool arrangement is almost identical to the CC setup, where the residents pay for ALL the expenses and all thats left is for the private business to collect the profits. How many private businesses are we expected to support? This is all happening with the approval of the City Manager. ANOTHER case of horrible mismanagement of City properties and funds. AGAIN. STILL. How does the City Manager explain this? Does he have ANY plausible explanation, other than its how we have always done it? Private businesses profit while the pool loses $260,000 that is billed to the residents. Whats wrong with this picture? Is this ineptitude? incompetency? Lack of supervision and awareness? Lack of concern? Special interests kickbacks? corruption? Any or all of the above? Take your pick. At least TWO local private businesses are being paid for with tax dollars- is that where we want our tax dollars going? Is that where we intended our tax dollars to be spent? No way. The buck should stop at the City Managers desk. It certainly DOES on paydays. Why not any other days? The Mayor and Council provide NO oversight and are just as responsible for this ongoing fiasco, except for Dotson.

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