We think by borrowing MONEY against Sales Tax revenue (2%) Â it will prevent our initiative to lower the sales tax to 1.9% because of a little known state law. Munson wants to ram this vote through shortly after the 1st in hopes other councilors and the media don’t pick up on it. Well guess what Dave, we are watching, and if you pull off this stunt you are going to have to answer to A LOT of people.
2 thoughts on “BREAKING: Is the Mayor, City finance director and City Attorney trying to pull a fast one?”
I think it has more to do with the revised flood plain affecting property values in the area. Not to mention that it would be better and cheaper to prevent a flood than to clean it up.
There is a lot more shananigans going on then you think. The money was already budgeted to come out of the CIP, but the mayor decided we needed to BORROW the money instead, therefore triggering the state law. I think the project does need to be done, but I also think if The Corp of Engineers and the Feds are promising us money, we should get it first instead of borrowing it and hoping we get paid back (think Lewis and Clark water project.) This isn’t about that anyway, it’s about trying to block our initiative. Why does he want to pass this so soon after Jan 1st? ironically after the tax goes up to 2%? Why can’t we wait to borrow this money when dirt is ready to move? Or why are we borrowing it at all if it is already in the budget?
I think it has more to do with the revised flood plain affecting property values in the area. Not to mention that it would be better and cheaper to prevent a flood than to clean it up.
There is a lot more shananigans going on then you think. The money was already budgeted to come out of the CIP, but the mayor decided we needed to BORROW the money instead, therefore triggering the state law. I think the project does need to be done, but I also think if The Corp of Engineers and the Feds are promising us money, we should get it first instead of borrowing it and hoping we get paid back (think Lewis and Clark water project.) This isn’t about that anyway, it’s about trying to block our initiative. Why does he want to pass this so soon after Jan 1st? ironically after the tax goes up to 2%? Why can’t we wait to borrow this money when dirt is ready to move? Or why are we borrowing it at all if it is already in the budget?
I’ll have more details in the coming days.