Every newspaper I pick up and read; every news magazine I read; all of the TV news programs I watch -- they are ALL talking about this "recession" we are in.
Housing market -- big hit. Stock market -- big hit. Real estate sales -- big hit. Almost every City, County and State in the US -- big hits.
How come we seem to be the only City not having budget or monetary problems enabling the new Administration to spend with ease?
Yes, some of those raises shouldn't have come out of TIF, and I thank the two who stood against these raises.
Why are we playing nickles and dimes with the police and fire and why all the grandstanding last year about the monies?
The last Mayor WAS ORDERED to cut $600,000.00 from last year's budget. Did we cut it? Nooooo. The Controller shored up that budget by taking monies from Riverboat, Rainy Day, etc. Wouldn't you think this will compound our problems this year by those cuts NOT BEING MADE?
The year-end financials are due out soon and I guess we will all be taking a hard look at that legal. After same is published, taxpayers have ten days to remonstrate with a petition of ten taxpayers, filed in the County Auditor's office.
The $119,000.00 payment made out of sewers to our "out sourced" garbage company, without Sewer Board approval, really needs attention from the State. Wasn't this company suppose to SAVE US money? Why didn't the Sewer Board vote on it? How can someone else make that kind of arbitrary decision?
Senator Sipes' office sure received some telephone calls, as did Mr. Pride, over these issues. Senator Sipes even checked with the legislators' attorneys and they said no way to using TIF for any kind of salary, as did Mr. Pride.
It burns me to compare this City to Louisville, or any other surrounding City. There is no way I have even remotely the services as they do -- at least you can drive down the streets.
Are you, as taxpayers, aware Mr. Malysk wants to give "vacant buildings" downtown tax abatements?
The new Consent Decree is winging it's way to us soon, and I surely hope we have the votes to have Council keep control of the Sewer Board. What with storm water monies, drainage monies (no, they never did take that out of Sewers the way they SWORE THEY HAD TO), sanitation monies (?), and sewer monies -- one heck of a slush fund.
If Council loses control of the Sewer Board, I guarantee you one heck of an increase and each of these Council members will be held responsible at election time.
So many people have read all that has happened lately with the monies and they are absolutely in shock. Telephone call after telephone call asking me -- don't they know what shape people are in? My answer to them is I don't know. I only know how I feel...being used to keep other people in the lifestyle they have become familiar with...not bettering mine or yours in any way, shape, fashion, or form.
Another question people are asking over and over is how does a "deputy" Mayor make more than the "real" Mayor? To them I answer again, I have no clue. There is no logic in most people's thinking as to why an employee would make more than the "boss".
My only hope is "their" phones are ringing as much as mine with the complaints and worries from citizens in New Albany.
Recession, regression and repression...and?
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GREAT ARTICLE ! Thank you, for all of the unbelievable information about the way this England Administration is spending our tax money like wild !
AND-- they have only been in office
for 19 days.
HEAVEN HELP US THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR!
Our salaries are NOT jumping up $11,000 at a time.
Slight correction insofar as I did not spell Carl Malysz's name right...so sorry.
Thanks for your comment. We do not know of anyone's salary jumping in such a way; but what the hey? "They" need it so much more than the City needs repairs and rehabs and etc., etc.
You make a lot of good points, as usual. I don't know how this is being done either. From what I saw & heard at the council meeting last Thursday, they seem to be moving funds from one account to another.
Thanks for keeping us informed.
they will be held accountable by the state
They are ALWAYS moving monies from one fund to another trying, it seems, to stay just one step ahead of bankrupting the entire city.
It will catch up with them one of these days. We can only hope sooner than later, before they put us all into a financial 'sinkhole'.
New Albany has sadly become the worst city in southern Indiana in which to try to maintain a home and keep up with all the additional fees they keep tacking on to the residents to fund nothing more than the politicians paychecks.
The sewers are a mess, the streets are a mess, downtown is completely negleted, and half the housing in the city is sub-standard.
When will we ever get leadership who actually cares about bettering our city?
Count us as another household who is looking to abandon all hope that things will get any better and thus, are looking to move elsewhere.
You are right. I have heard more people say that they cannot wait until they can move out of New Albany. The office holders have no idea of doing what is best for the citizens of New Albany.
If they think that downtown looks like a ghost town, wait until more people sell their homes and move out !
The whole town of New Albany will be a ghost town!
you can kiss the sewers goodbye now that the council broke the board that was working and put it in the hands of the mayor
The papers and the stock market and the Governor and the news channels -- RECESSION...
Like a $200.00 check is going to help the "average joe" out; well, it might in helping pay their exhorbitant utility bills, or medicine or a Dr.'s visit they haven't been able to take advantage of for sometime now, for most folks.
Rein in "local spending"! Made me wonder if Governor Daniels actually received my e-mail about how even OUR, the CITY OF NEW ALBANY'S Constitutional Debt Limit had been deliberately circumvented and bypassed.
State orders one thing...we take it another way...
For the last commentor, there's a lot I'm kissing goodbye, trust me.
To the people who ridiculed certain members of this past Council from the previous four years...only now will you figure out the big picture...and is it big.
No crying on this end. Voters spoke...I respect that.
The new Council has spoken a lot lately, and hopefully we can get a blog up simply showing the votes for someone else's agenda, not the citizens of this town.
Peace.
P.S. As soon as they finish this spiel over the "RECESSION" the entire United States is in; my blog article seems pretty up to date...think I'll leave it up a couple more days. Thanks for reading.
BTW, Sewer Board meetings are no longer at 4:00 PM...try 8:30 AM... I guess that would be some what of a self-serving Board, hey? How many people work and there is no way to make THAT meeting? Service to US, please...not self-serving...
Never mind...wishful thinking.
our sewer board is now going to be contolled by a Harrison county Banker, Ron Carrol, a clark county engineer, E. Coyle and ? Whats that song two out of three aint bad, I look forward to the EPA coming back to town
As I am tried to stay some what objective about some "thangs", I can only surmise from the phone calls possibly Mr. Gillenwater did not read Dale Moss's column in the paper.
His dispute will lie with him, I suppose.
The EPA is still in town; they haven't released us from a Consent Decree; we simply have a "new" one coming out Mayor Garner signed.
Peace.
And, the **** just keeps getting deeper. Sure am glad I've got hip waders. Thank you, Huck.
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