Really?
So it was just a simple glitch, and for that you needed to meet with the Financial Consultant for 4 hours and try to blame everything on the former treasurer, previous council, and the tooth fairy? No wonder you threw Jeff Johnston out when he tried to videotape the meeting! Pretty hard to bullshit the public if there's a recording of you admitting that you "had to" force a 9.5% tax cut to appease your supporters, "no matter what the cost"!
Speaking of which, we also noticed that Mayor Paul Tomlinson and Deputy Mayor Louise Wadsworth won't be altering that 9.5% tax cut they promised their Proudfoot masters, even though it still means they're going to wipe out about 40% of the Reserves. They tell us in their notice that the Reserves are meant to be used for "unforeseen events such as this". More hooey. Reserves are for unforeseen events like disasters, not screw-ups like arrogantly ramming a budget through before year's end when all the budget information wasn't yet available. The notice mentions this, but not surprisingly Tomlinson and Wadsworth don't take any responsibility for their folly. And if they pull another $580,000 out next year, just to make ends meet, that will leave only $280,000. Well below the "low risk" 20% mark. Then in the following year, another $580,000, which will leave us back where we started: In a deficit.
So they've slowed the town's decent into bankruptcy, but we're still on a collision course. Iceberg straight ahead, Paul...
More to follow, but in the meantime:
Are you surprised?
Click on the image to see the full-size notice.
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