Do you remember back in 2011 when Scott Maxwell and his friend Peggy who spoke at the lectern were so irate about the then city manager wanting to raise taxes by assessing everyone $60.00 per year on a fire assessment as well as approving a tax rate of $5.49 per $1,000 taxable value, up from the current rate of $5.34.
It was a real big deal back then when Maxwell said: "We just increased their taxes. We didn't do anything creative." He was the lone dissenting vote for not raising taxes even the $60 a year.
But have times ever changed. It was just months ago that he and the majority commission went out on a general obligation bond of $63 million dollars that property owners would be paying on for 34 years. Part of that, around $11 million, was for his dream of developing the infrastructure at the Park of Commerce--the field of dreams--hoping businesses would come and putting the burden on all the property owners in poor Lake Worth.
Back then, the city applied for a federal grant for the POC and did not get it. Now Rick Scott has eliminated their request from the state for $3.5 million for the POC. The reason? Lousy paperwork. The mayor says she will get the money somewhere.
Mayor Triolo said that the POC would have created 4,800 jobs.WTF!?! And whatever happened to the Pot Hole emergency? The POC will not benefit the average taxpayer in Lake Worth. Fixing our roads will. Multiple trips to Tally. For what? A highly paid lobbyist. For what? Lake Worth staff again embarrasses Lake Worth.Mike Bornstein ,the city manager ,is ultimately to blame for this. Under his watch staff screwed up. How will the broke city of Lake Worth get 3.2 million dollars? Maybe it's hiding in the same place those 4,800 mystery jobs are.The gang of three is zero for four. Losers!
ReplyDeleteGet the Grant Money and ALL the Strings attached, really?
ReplyDeleteWhat did/do we have to 'give' to 'get'? How can she be so naive
to not understand the 'grant money' is printed out of thin air
and (hidden tax) makes every dollar in your pocket WORTH LESS!
The private greedy fed reserve corporation profits from counterfeit
and should be prosecuted never encouraged! Make the Fed Gov do their
JOB and STOP THE ENDLESS DO GOOD SPENDING on a field of (personal) dreams!
ARTICLE I Section 8
To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin,
and fix the standard of weights and measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities
and current coin of the United States;