| dodgehighforever,
Holy Smoke!! You've hit the nail right on the head! Your proposed solutions are right!!!
You stated: "One solution I can think of, seems simple, so therefore, they won't do it.
1. Put the events center to a public vote to see if we still want it. Not location, no trickey wording, just yes of no, do you want it. If yes, build it, if no, then don't.
2. Sell the race track. The only way it'll make us any money is to sell it, and collect property tax on it. Give them a tax abatement it you have to, just be smart about it. No more than 5 years or so. Not a permanent like Excel has.
3. Vote to rescind the tax.
4. Then vote on how to use the tax. After paying off debts attributed to the projects we could vote to fund the remaining projects, ball fields, and upgrades to the Civic Center, which were never completed correctly to begin with. Or, use them to fund current projects and to help ease property taxes.
There's a lot of money in an account somewhere that could seriously help the residents of this community, and if no help is offered, there won't be any residents left in this community."
What you've stated is what I believe in 100%. I've even talked with Ed Kimminau and he agrees also.
I'm with you on this one!!
Mike B.  |