six degrees of Borgmann

The City is not in the business of using our tax dollars for the benefit of private special interests, be it Santana, the MDAC swim team, OR the parents of a handful of Springs kids. It is shameful and embarrassing enough that hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars disappear on EACH and EVERY City construction project, but now we find out that the City is also providing free money in the form of free pool services to other private entities, again at the expense of the taxpayers. The Finance Dept puts out different numbers regarding revenues 3 and 4 years ago, and apparently has NO IDEA how much in revenues we actually took in... where and when does it end? The connecting thread in all this disarray, disorganization, and disappearing funds- ultimately the bottom-line responsibility - is the City Manager. All of these things are happening on HIS watch, and apparently with his approval and direction. How much arrogance, disorganization, and incompetence, if not corruption, can we put up with? We are being bled dry in several areas of city functions that were intended to put money INTO our coffers and benefit the residents, not private businesses. There are only two constants in all of the these financial fiascos- a City Manager run amuck, and a Council that does NO oversight on him. Both need to be changed, ASAP.