Ya know, I've said this before but I guess may I should keep saying it because people don't seem to "get it".
The County just spent almost 2 million dollars (I'll grant you space was needed) but perhaps NOT that space to purchase property in Freeport, to keep themselves in nice cushy offices, yet firefighters and EMS crews are living in trailers, in less than desirable conditions, with less than adequate staff and less than adequate equipment as well as leadership.
Yet, if you do a sunbiz.org search on who actually owns that property common sense might tell you this was payback for votes & favors to help 2 maybe 3 county commissioners get themselves elected. Hmmm. Ya think?
I've also said and will say again that until we have open honest government operated in the Sunshine and Suzanne Harris doesn't have to sue the County for millions to bring them into compliance, maybe there would be at least adequate funding so that FIRE/EMS didn't have to borrow money.
Maybe if the BCC weren't so hot damn worried about splash pads for kiddie parks and those types of grants to spruce up their backyards and spent more time applying for grants that should have been applied for years (at least 8) to FIRE/EMS this could have been avoided? Maybe?
Maybe if a certain Commissioner had not frivolously spent $6000.00 in office furniture and cushy accommodations for herself...
Maybe just maybe if PEOPLE STOPPED voting for the baffoons and stopped recycling the garbage...
Bottom line is all those lawsuits and all these frivolous property purchases, all these favors, all these paybacks for votes COST money and yep you're right Bob Hudson the taxpayer foots the bill.
I can sit here all day and mention incidents of waste and abuse of taxpayer money (how bow dat $300.00 legal bill?) but I hope I've made my point.
Until we elect better it ain't going to get no better!
This is the "capital" expenditure budget request that was submitted by Mr. Martin for 2018-2022. This does not included "personnel cost" or other operational costs. Notice that the funding source is "loans".
