Munson vetoes nonprofit funding. Though I partially agree with Munson about stopping funding to nonprofits, I do think his reasoning is way off. I think if we are going to stop funding to certain nonprofits we should stop it to all nonprofits not just pick and choose which ones are the most important. Because if he thinks SculptureWalk is more important then helping convert ex-cons into productive citizens of society and back on the tax rolls instead of in jail cells (The GloryHouse) he sure has a very skewed view of the world. But hey, we already knew that right?
No need for executive session.
Don’t get me wrong, the new city attorney has mountains of law experience as a former judge (though he needs to work on NOT staring at citizens, particularily me, at council meetings). But one wonders what the motive was to put this discussion behind closed doors? I beleive it was poilitically motivated. But we may never know.
The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration
weren’t enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed
money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it
with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage
the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said
she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a
new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a
multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece
of property that the City didn’t even have clear title to, that was
still in litigation 7 yrs later–to the delight of the lawyers
involved! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the
community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it
would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that
could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing.
