Bill Call wrote:Jim O'Bryan wrote:Insane, high school BS.
At least the media tells it like it is.
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Another story I thought deserved more attention was the new stadium in Avon. The City is seeking a retroactive change in tax law to save $500,000 per year in property taxes.
The Stadium is leased to a private for profit company. Normally, the lessee pays those property taxes. If Avon is successful in getting that retroactive change the company will save over $5 million over a ten year period.
I did a little digging and found that the original application for tax free status contained material errors in fact. I also found a business relationship between the City and the company that I found... interesting.
No one is interested in the story. When is the last time the State Senate worked overtime to get a retroactive change in tax law for a Lakewood business?
Bill
One of the very real stories in the world is how residents all over the country, county
and city, are rolling over like submissive little pups, while their elected officials, and civic
leaders pull strings behind the scenes for their own benefit, not the benefit of the people
they are trying to server.
A mass illusion of we are doing it for you... We are the good ones.... Why be negative with
us... And it seems to be working. I am not sure if it is the level of Americans that are
medicated or self medicated, but the country, county, and cities have gone to hell with the
current FORM of power structures, and from what I am seeing here, it will only get worse.
Around here there is talk of getting rid of the Demora power structure. But only by those
trying to get their close little power group into that seat. Look at here in Lakewood, City
Hall to my knowledge has turned down and is actively fighting at least 3 public record
requests! This is insane, especially when you see what the requests are for, and that
Lakewood has lost this very fight at least two other time in court.
We have a school board whose biggest fight amongst themselves behind the scene is
transparency and accountability. Because if they were, they would not be able to work
the agenda some have been told "you better get done." Still the city has no stomach for it.
People behind the scenes that are still actively controlling the school board are Chaz Geiger
and Mike Summers.
I am sure the same is true everywhere else. Old power brokers more worried about control
then the city they have been driving over the cliff for the past 10-20 years. But now they
move their hands slightly differently, and where the latest fads and say, "This time we
really have it right, trust us."
I believe it was Einstein that said, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing the
same way and expecting different results. I would say that is true with cities. If we are
to believe the "power brokers" that claim Lakewood needs this and that, then why will
they not answer why they got us to this point? Why should we believe they have the solution?
Why should we believe them when they plug their next "elected official" in through appointment.
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