Takes a Village Just to Watch the Commissioners

Unfortunately, just like it takes a village to raise a child...it too also takes a village to keep our local government in check.  I received a tip to take a closer look at the Commissioners April 25th agenda, specifically on the Budget Report, and even more specifically on the DRRA CashFlow Report.



If you take a close look, there is $6.4M in DRRA funds being used for the Indian Head Science and Technology Park.  Ladies and gentleman, this has NOTHING, not one iota, to do with school seats.  While it is completely under the discretion of the commissioners as to what they spend this money on, the original intent of the DRRA funds WAS for school construction.   In addition, IF i was a developer and had paid DRRA's into this fund with the impression it would be going towards school construction and now it was going towards a Science and Technology Park, I would be furious!  AND, if i was one of those home buyers who in turn had the cost of my house increased because the developer had to in turn roll the cost of that DRRA over into the cost of my home and now it was going to a Science and Technology Park, I would be furious!

THIS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE ARE IN THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN TODAY!!!    SPEAK UP, LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!

 

In addition, and possibly MORE importantly, it shows that they should have $13M in FY2015 of which they promised the Board of Education on more than one occasion (on camera, I may add)$10M (and may now renege on that promise). Even if they spent the $6.4M on the tech park, they should still have over $7M left to still give the Board of Education.

P.S. and what the heck is $14K in Credit Card Fees....good grief, no wonder the county is in debt!