one more time

"Given out information and or numbers that are wrong, and or missing information in order to make his point is a lie." Okay, lets try this ONE MORE TIME. WHICH information or numbers are wrong? WHAT information is missing? I have provided my numbers on numerous occasions, and nobody has shown them to be in error yet. IF information is missing, provide the missing information HERE, for all to see, and explain how and why it is important in explaining where our tax dollars have been going. Feel free to provide YOUR explanation of where our missing tax dollars have gone. You can start by explaining how bathrooms that SHOULD have cost 140k wound up costing us 415k instead! While you are at it you can explain how a 100k Country Club project cost us almost 500k. When I asked Gym in his office he had NO explanation, no accountability, or transparency. That needs to change. NOW. Dr.Mel P. Johnson

first round

It is not clear that ANYBODY spoke out against the pool. The pool was acknowledged as a valuable community resource and swimming as an excellent exercise and sport. The question was, and IS, 1) whether the people should be subsidizing a private business that only has 6 Springs residents with a LOT of taxpayers dollars (20 people showed up out of 13,000), 2) whether all the revenues at the pool are accurately accounted for (still in serious doubt), and 3) how many more sweetheart deals can the City Manager make at the expense of the taxpayers? A couple things became obvious- One, the taxpayers are going to have to do a better job of informing and educating the people about the real issues of horrible management, large losses, and highly questionable business practices, if not corruption, that is going on in our City before the election. This means expanding their efforts beyond this blog to the Gazette, the Herald, and other educational and investigative avenues. Second, a grass-roots effort needs to be made to get the word out, and means talking to our friends, neighbors, family members, and fellow church members about the issues, with a conscious effort to not focus on the personalities, no matter how dishonest, disingenuous, misleading, and deceptive they may be. There is an election coming up soon, and the only real impact that needs to be made, and that they will understand, is to bring in new faces, ideas, energies, and sound business practices by honest people who have the residents best interests at heart. THAT will be the real test. This is just the opening squabble. ZERO proof was offered that indicated that there are now, or have been lately, more than 6 Springs kids on MDAC. If city officials were so sure about the figures they quoted they would make those numbers known. The fact that they havent indicates they were less than honest about the numbers and MIGHT cause a prudent person to wonder if they are less-than-honest about a LOT of other things! If they HAD the numbers they quoted in a verifiable roster they would have produced them. They didnt, and they CANT. Its WAY too early to gloat, Gym.

accurate admission numbers

It would be interesting to know how accurate the admission numbers are. Who keeps the receipt book? There have been days when 80 swimmers were noted and ZERO revenues were reported. How can THAT be? Sometimes the specific details of the swimmers and where they come form are excellent; other times not as good. The more accurate the numbers and the teams the harder it is for them to fudge them. Without accurate numbers its difficult to show the impossible and implausible figures for what they are- creative concoctions.