another city screwup

IF your revenues are down, and you make little or NO effort to cut your expenses, then YES their solution will be to raise our taxes and fees AGAIN! Another colossal blunder by the Mayor, Council, and City Manager. A complete and total lack of insight, vision, and understanding of the economic crisis we are are in, and what has led up to it. They saw only their agendas being realized in their tunnel-vision and didnt see, or care apparently, about the impact it would have on the taxpaying residents. This ADA situation wasnt prepared for or even addressed, altho it should have been, as sidewalks are pretty basic to pedestrian traffic. These are the things that would normally come out of our reserves, if necessary, and we should have been preparing for unforeseen events by increasing the reserves for the past several years, instead of taking monies out for a new gym. When our reserves get low all we need then is a hurricane to hit and we are in SERIOUS trouble. It will NOT present a problem for the Mayor and Council however, as they will simply RAISE OUR TAXES AND FEES AGAIN, to raise the necessary funds. It matters little to them, but it WILL to the taxpayers, who are struggling already with job layoffs and forclosures. The retired folks on a fixed income will be particularly hard hit because of this, yet another HUGE City screwup. Dr. Mel P. Johnson