Here is the crux of the whole issue, Little Rock city hall is not paying attention to the needs of the established infrastructure, from the mouth of a REAL common citizen!!!
Their answer, just give us $500,000,000.00 more in taxes and we "PROMISE" to do better in the future!!!
Again, REALLY need to discuss impact fees, but to be fair..."they have not been asked recently"???
Really, this is, again, immediately countered by Ms. Wells.
Maybe he thinks they have not been asked....BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LISTENING!!!
Again...no real annexation in years...NOT TRUE!
Majority of the 04 bond funds were spent in wards 1 and 2...Really....$10 million in Ward 1, $5 million in ward 2 and a total of $30 million in all the other wards. Oh yea, there is the $30 million spent...community wide. So how does that work out to the majority spent in wards 1 and 2???????
Finally, Mr Day repeats, they have an $8 million hole in their budget, but does not know where budget cuts will be made (why doesn't he ask all those city employees that are being told if the tax doesn't pass they will be laid off...that have been talking to us). But, in any case, a good solution to fill an $8 million hole is to put $500,000,000.00 into the hole...makes perfect sense...RIGHT????
Tax revenues are flat and have been for a while...REALLY. I thought we were paying our HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL Little Rock REGIONAL chamber of commerce $200K a year to makes sure that does not happen. Oh, OK, I see that is why we need to give them $38 million to do an even BETTER job!!!
Finally, Franchise revenues "were" down...apparently that means they have increased now???
So remember...In conclusion....they would have you believe this thing is suppose to be
about vision....it is suppose to be about "the next great city in the
south" and about "PLANNING" for that "futuristic" Little Rock EXPANSION
and JOBS!!!
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