Monday, October 29, 2012

Trust and transparency from the commissars -- I mean, commissioners.

On today's newspaper, Floyd County's secretive board of commissioners emerges from its knobby bunker to reply to a minor sliver of implied criticism in a recent (and exceedingly droll) editorial. To no one's surprise at all, the Bush/Freiberger/Seabrook troika would very much like to throw the city under the bus, thank you -- but it isn't about politics at all, of course

Commissioners respond to newspaper’s editorial

... Among the items in this plan is the future operation of Sam Peden Community Park. The editorial board raised the question of trust with the question: “How much do you trust the county to maintain the city’s most sizable park?” ...

... Regarding this issue of trust which the editorial board raised about the county’s commitment to Sam Peden Community Park, it is interesting to hear that the city administration was already working on the plan dissolving the joint park system while members of the respective elected bodies of the city, county and members of the parks board were working toward finalizing and voting on a new agreement.

Meanwhile, the city council is going to approve a budget, build a new clock tower and grease the wobbly financial wheels of CM CeeSaw's coffee-table, white-bread Bicentennial celebration.

New Albany budget vote tonight: $20M budget up about $1.2M from last year

 ... Caesar said the commission will send out letters to local businesses asking them to purchase the book or carry editions to sell. He expects the business community will respond and there won’t be a problem selling the books.

Can't wait to be asked, Bob.
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2 comments:

  1. SBAvanti632:48 PM

    When you carry them, I will buy one.

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  2. Iamhoosier3:08 PM

    The residents outside the city limits pay a park levy and those inside the city limits pay a separate park levy. The commissioners state that there is no double taxation. On the face of it that is true but it does lead to at least two questions.

    Does the levy that the residents outside the city limits pay generate enough to pay the county government's $500,000 share? If so, what happened to the money, since county government has not been paying their agreed to share of the budget?

    If the levy does not generate enough on it's own, how is(or would)the difference be made up? Through general funds? If so, there is at least some double taxation.

    OUR county government has failed when it comes to the parks.

    (Sorry for the extra "wordiness" of this but continuing to make to make the point that residents of New Albany are also residents of Floyd County. It's not "county" residents AND "city" residents.)

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