| Well, I did a little checking and found out I was wrong, and when I'm wrong I'll be the first to admit it!
The cost to concrete our Civic Center parking lot is not $300,000.00. The correct amount is closer to $450,000.00 of property tax dollars. Sorry!!
I also did a little checking and found out that the City Commission can, at any time they want, use WND sales tax money to pay off the bond issued for the pouring of the concrete. (with the county commissioners ok)
Found out that the city staff reported to the commissioners ..."that the cost of asphalt is comparable to that of concrete." I have yet to check into that fact, but I believe that any tax dollars saved is better than not saving any.
The city staff recommended using concrete over asphalt because it would last longer and backed that statement up with the fact that fire trucks are so heavy, concrete would be better.
To that I say..."What?" Of course, I agree concrete will last longer but does that justify the cost, at property tax payers expense?
I also found out that Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City uses asphalt in their parking areas. Koch Arena in Wichita as well as the Kansas Colliseum uses asphalt for their parking lots. They will see more traffic in one day than the Civic Center will see in 5 years!
Wall-Mart, a multi-billion dollar company, uses asphalt. Maybe the people at these facilities and companies just don't know what our City Commission knows.
We should always be looking at the bottom line when it comes to spending tax payers money. Every penny does count! How do you think Wal-Mart got to be where they are today?
Two of our City Commissioners own businesses. Do they have concrete or asphalt in their parking lots?
Sometimes, it's way to easy to spend other peoples money!
In closing, I do have respect for all of our City Commissioners, but I do disagree with some of their decisions.  |