tomorrow

TOMORROW the Tax Assessor's office will let everybody know how much LESS they can expect to receive in tax revenues. Anybody with ANY sense is tightening their belt and making preparations for a budget crunch. NOT MS city officials however, as they are not hampered by any common sense and blissfully move FORWARD (?) with their plans to take on MILLIONS in new debt. They are unconcerned perhaps, because they KNOW they will have to raise taxes, fees, and any other source of money they can and don't care what the people think about it OR how it affects us, as long as their agendas are met. Apparently the recession is something for the residents to be concerned with, only, as it obviously has NO EFFECT on the Council and their agendas. Revenues are low? No problem. Take on millions more in debt and raise taxes, etc to pay for it. Who cares? Its the people who will have to foot the bills! City officials are COMPLETELY out of touch with reality, and the needs of the people, and don't seem to care as long as their agendas are realized. Wait on this new gym project until AT LEAST after the Tax Assessor has spoken, so we will know how much money we WONT have. Unless, of course, they don't care what the shortfall will be because they already plan to raise taxes, etc.

The City Manager has already said that there will be pain for everybody in the near future and something will have to give. The painful giving part will apparently be done by the residents, to pay for this new gym project and the cost overruns and change orders for the 400k+ (and counting) bathrooms. It will be interesting to see how much pain City officials and dept heads will have, or will the pain be only an experience for the residents? Stay tuned.