>>we’ll give them the money....with all due respect.
Yep.
If they ask for money specifically for Police, fine.
If they ask for money specifically for Firemen, fine.
If they ask for money specifically for Parks... maybe.
But when they ask for money for their “General Fund”; and do so via the extortive threat of “We’ll cut safety and parks” - NO SALE!
Especially when much of the city’s present predicament can be traced to its addiction to fees associated with uncontrolled growth; the height of which was during the Sub-Prime expansion.
CHAAAAAAARGE IT! HOUSING NEEEEEVER GOES DOWWWWWN!
Sound familiar?
Now they want those of us who worked hard, saved, and were smart enough not to be in debt... to fork over our milk and apples?
Nope, not gonna do it. Wouldn’t be prudent at this juncture.
NO MORE PLASTIC FOR YOU, city council! ;’p
Well put....the credit card is over the limit I’m afraid. Don’t bail’em out. They will get out of it some day. Parks get lots of GoColorado funding. They shut the water off to get “high visibility” as we say in gubmint work.
“Especially when much of the city’s present predicament can be traced to its addiction to fees associated with uncontrolled growth; the height of which was during the Sub-Prime expansion.”
Uncontrolled growth, a product of the 70s when we put a moratoreum on natural gas to stop building permits because the city couldn’t provide services due to the growth. Especially Police, Fire, and utilities.