The mayor often likes to pat himself on the back calling himself a ‘progressive’ person who ‘gets things done’. I guess I could argue with him on a couple of his ventures, but for the most part he has gotten things done, but sometimes in spite of something else. That is where it is no longer classified as ‘progressive’.
The hotel tax (BID) is a great example of this. When I think of progress I think of two things, either fixing something that is stagnant or counterproductive and needs to be fixed or creating a whole new project that improves the community. The hotel tax review doesn’t fit into either category. Since it’s inception, it has proven to be working because it brings in more revenue each year, which shouldn’t take a 14 member task force and a consultant to tell us, the money being spent by BID to market the city is bringing more business to the city. In other words, progress is not described as fixing something that is NOT broken. The BID tax is working fantastically, let it continue to market our city.
Of course greedy cookie jar boy (and last year his wife with the tennis center) want that money for other play things;
“Families, businesses, nonprofits, churches, sports teams, organizations and even governments that challenge the status quo have much greater success rates than those that fight to maintain the status quo,†Huether told a packed Oak View Branch library meeting room. Before today, he hasn’t said much on the topic.
“You know and I know, and our fellow citizens know, we are capable of more,†Huether said.
More then what? First off, as I pointed out above, when it comes to the BID tax, the status quo is working swimmingly, and secondly the proven growth in the tax tells me it is in very capable hands.
But of course, this wasn’t the only bullshit spewing from Mike’s mouth at the meeting, he ended with this tidbit;
“This will be the last time you hear from me until your work is completed.”
Yeah, just like you never hear from anyone talking about the Events Center siding. The task force (that he appointed) is a stacked deck of friends he talks to frequently (partial list);
Randell Beck, Jim Entenman, Tracy Turbak, City councilors Rick Kiley and Rex Rolfing. And then there is the hiring of a consultant firm that stuck us with an indoor aquatic center in the wrong part of town.
All this is is a money grab for the administration. Nothing is broken, let the BID tax continue to market our city.
This whole thing is about paybacks. mikey is pissed cuz his wife was denied free money back when they were looking for a handout for their tennis court. Todays article brings up a very telling element in all this.
CVB-BID board member Shailesh Patel of Harihar Management Inc. and a boisterous skeptic of the need for the review, said deviating from the marketing and promotion criteria would make the BID vulnerable to any number of requests from organizations looking for funding. Deciphering when a request would result in more visitors would be a challenge, he said.
“How do we know?†Patel asked. “How does that impact the language of the ordinance?â€
This is whats got mikey’s shorts in a wad.
http://www.argusleader.com/story/jonathanellis/2014/03/23/mayor-whacks-board/6797073/
Speaking of tennis, I saw a sign somewhere in a store this week that said “opening soon GREAT LIFE Milaska (sp?) Woodlake”. Is this the same place as the “mayor’s wife’s” tennis center?
Mike is for Mike.
“Families, businesses, nonprofits, churches, sports teams, organizations and even governments that challenge the status quo have much greater success rates than those that fight to maintain the status quo,†Huether told a packed Oak View Branch library meeting room.
Oh. That’s a rich quip from someone who usually bristles at his “machine” being challenged. OMG.
Mike is a four letter word. Don’t use it amidst children. They’ll be paying for his spending and pilfering splurge well into their children’s growing up.
Teatime. Not the same. Woodlake tennis was, and perhaps still is, an affordable option for indoor tennis. Not certain about that. Have not been a member for a decade. Huethers tennis courts? Expensive. Beyond what the typical wage earner can even begin to afford. It is for the elite only. How they, cindy and mike, thought an elitist tennis facility could qualify for a BID handout shows you the mindset of the haves, who think they deserve handouts for playthings.
So where is the council to allow
Mmm to waste our tax dollars and to put a horrible tax burden on our children. Why don’t they go on the offense and expose him and fiddle faddle for what the are. They too must be jealous of him and his behavior. How the hell will we get young people involved in govt if the mentors that be are so corrupt