Crestwood to get over $200,000.00 from AT&T settlement!( Click here.)
Ladies and Gentlemen,the settlement from the litigation (Mo. cities v AT&T) has been approved by the courts! If you click on the header, and run down the list, you will see that Crestwood will receive over $200,000.00 by December!
To say the least this is a "windfall" that comes (like the Calvary) in the nick of time! The reported shortfall from Macy's was in the very same neighborhood, and now it's going to be made up by AT&T!
The one and only concern I have is that it not be spent before we get it! How is that you say, well, we seem to have a "shortfall" in the budget of $600,000.00 that no one will address, and I fear this will somehow find it's way into that pot!
What should (and would) be done if this is properly managed is for the Department heads to be required to shave off the shortfall, and put that money in the bank for next year!
If this is done correctly, the "tax increase" crowd will have the wind taken out of their sails, and we may well recover sooner, rather than later.
Please call your Alderman, the Mayor, and Jim Eckrich, tell them you want this windfall saved, the budget cut, and you want to be back by the end of 2011!
Tom Ford
NO. 644
To say the least this is a "windfall" that comes (like the Calvary) in the nick of time! The reported shortfall from Macy's was in the very same neighborhood, and now it's going to be made up by AT&T!
The one and only concern I have is that it not be spent before we get it! How is that you say, well, we seem to have a "shortfall" in the budget of $600,000.00 that no one will address, and I fear this will somehow find it's way into that pot!
What should (and would) be done if this is properly managed is for the Department heads to be required to shave off the shortfall, and put that money in the bank for next year!
If this is done correctly, the "tax increase" crowd will have the wind taken out of their sails, and we may well recover sooner, rather than later.
Please call your Alderman, the Mayor, and Jim Eckrich, tell them you want this windfall saved, the budget cut, and you want to be back by the end of 2011!
Tom Ford
NO. 644
posted by Crestwood Independent at 19:01
5 Comments:
Don't you mean cavalry?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary
Probable! But, heck I don't know, how about "The light horse?"
Tom Ford
Sales tax continues to drop and the $200k from ATT is a ONE time payment with around another 30k a year. What is left to cut? The dog catcher is nothing! If the residents of this town want to keep the police and fire departments then they will have to buck up and pay for them at some point. SIMPLE!
Animal Control
City's share of Sappington House - let it fund itself
City Hall kiosk
...and one more thing. Don't be so eager to hand out raises right out of the hat.
You make those cuts and you may restore the public's faith in their city (and try to keep the mayor's mouth shut ... good luck).
Oh ... and ditch the sales tax holiday. All year long, department heads, city leaders and the board cry and moan at how broke the city is. Then there is this unproven gimmick called sales tax holiday and the board jumps on the bandwagon.
Hey, Crestwood BOA, if you think a sales tax holiday is good, that's great. Then you won't need a tax increase for a long time...
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