SANITATION NUMBERS - FUZZY MATH

***********NEVER MIND -- TRIBUNE MADE A PRINTING ERROR ON SANITATION. THE EIGHT SHOULD BE A FIVE... PSHEW...PUT THAT MISTAKE IN THAT COLUMN!*******


FUZZY MATH = SANITATION (NO, WAIT A MINUTE; WE PRIVATIZED SANITATION; OH, THOSE MUST BE LEASE PAYMENTS, BUT WHAT THE HEY AM I PAYING OUT TWO MILLION FOR IF I PRIVATIZED, BUT...)

SANITATION CASH BALANCE JAN 1 = -$8,417,812.78
RECEIPTS FOR '06 = $2,202,867.91
DISBURSEMENTS FOR '06 = $2,252,795.40
CASH BALANCE DECEMBER 31 = -$5,467,740.27

I DO NOT THINK SO. THIS FIGURE SHOULD BE (IF THE ABOVE RECEIPTS & DISBURSEMENTS ARE CORRECT) NEGATIVE (-) $8,367,885.29 NOT $5,467,740.27. THAT IS NEGATIVE EIGHT MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT FIVE DOLLARS AND 29 CENTS.

**********THESE QUESTIONS STILL STAND FOR SANITATION **************


THE RECEIPTS OF '06 - ARE THOSE THE LEASE PAYMENTS THAT ARE BEING FED TO THE SPEAKOUTLOUDNA BLOG SPOT ABOUT THAT WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING UP ON, AS TAXPAYERS, FOR PAYMENTS UPON OUR EQUIPMENT, BUILDING AND UTILITIES?

IF SO, WHY DID WE DISBURSE OVER TWO MILLION AND WHAT FOR?

HAVING TOOK IT UPON MYSELF AS A CITIZEN TO SPEAK WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT TODAY ABOUT BUDGETS AND THIS YEAR-END RETURN, I HAVE FOUND OUT OUR ASSESSED VALUE (AV) HAS NOT BEEN CERTIFIED AS OF YET. DUE TO NO ONE'S FAULT IN GENERAL; UNTIL THIS IS PUBLISHED LOCALLY IN THE PAPERS, (OUR CERTIFIED AV), OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR CAN NOT BE APPROVED.

THIS MUST BE WHY THE CONTROLLER ASKED COUNCIL TO STOP EXPENDITURES UNTIL THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS APPROVED. THE STATE INFORMED ME TODAY IT MAY BE AT LEAST, AT LEAST, 6 OR 7 MONTHS UNTIL OUR BUDGET IS APPROVED (WHICH SHOULD PUT US RIGHT AT THE TIME WHEN WE NEED TO APPROVE NEXT YEARS, OH BOY).

SO, TO GET THIS ALL STRAIGHT, THE SPENDING DOWNTOWN IS GOING ON WITHOUT ANY BUDGET IN PLACE AND WITH A NEGATIVE BALANCE IN OUR GENERAL FUND OF $ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND TWELVE DOLLARS AND FORTY CENTS?

HOW CAN ANY UNION NEGOTIATIONS GO ON IN GOOD FAITH? HOW CAN CITIZENS TRUST SOME OF THESE NUMBERS (AND CERTAIN OFFICIALS), ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY JUMP OUT AS BEING SO OBVIOUSLY WRONG?

DON'T WORRY. THE LAST THING I EXPECT ARE ANY ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS, ONLY HARASSMENT FOR EVEN "WORRYING MY LITTLE HEAD" ABOUT SUCH THINGS. BUSINESS AS USUAL -- EXCEPT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NEW INFORMATION OUTLETS IN NEW ALBANY. EVEN IF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS DO NOT PRINT THE NUMBERS AND OBVIOUS MISTAKES, AT LEAST I CAN REST ASSURED SOMEONE WILL.

INDIANA CITIES AND TOWNS WERE CORRECT WHEN THEY NOTIFIED ALL LEGISLATORS "BLOGS" WERE GOING TO IMPACT ELECTIONS; PROBABLY IN SUCH A WAY/MANNER AS NO OTHER THING HAS IN A LONG TIME.

TO THE HECKLERS -- YES, I KNOW MY "CAPS" ARE ON.................