By now, most of you know about the “rented temporary trailers” that the town of Cheshire has put up at the Soviet Swim Center so patrons may change and shower before using the pool.
The cost of these three trailers TO RENT was approximately $24,000.
HELLO!! DOES ANYONE RUNNING CHESHIRE EVER DO ANY RESEARCH??
Obviously NOT!!
If the town government had BOTHERED to use the internet or call FEMA-which still has approximately 60,000 of these Hurricane Katrina trailers sitting around in Missisippi and other Gulf Coast states that WERE NEVER EVEN USED-they would have run into the following:
FEMA spent $2.7 billion to buy 145,000 mobile homes and trailers after Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast in August and September 2005, paying a bulk-rate price of about $19,000 per trailer, on average. FEMA now has 60,000 trailers in storage nationwide; several thousand of them — exactly how many is not clear — were never used.
To dispose of the used trailers, FEMA is operating an auction through a government Web site. Wednesday evening, the agency had 47 trailers on sale from its Hope depot. Bids ranged from $5,191 for a 2006 Coachmen Spirit of America trailer with possible water damage and a missing stove grate, battery and other items, to $12,600 for a 2006 Sunnybrook RV Sunset Creek trailer with “no obvious exterior damage.”
As I have stated time and time again, the reason this town gets away with spending the money that has been spent especially on this pool is because this is a transient town and outside of a few people-most of whom have political ambitions-NO ONE CARES!!!
We need make the Soviet Swim Center ONE SEASON IMMEDIATELY and make an agreement with Elim Park which has a NICE INDOOR POOL for off season use of the pool.
Secondly, you know, the 1970′s ARE OVER!! GET RID OF THIS TOWN MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT!! We have a person running this town THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE POPULACE!! THIS PERSON IS NOT ELECTED!!
DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEMS NOW AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO IS THE TOWN MANAGER-IT COULD BE MY SPOUSE FOR ALL I CARE-THE SYSTEM THAT IS NOW IN PLACE IS ANTIQUATED AND IS RIPE FOR ABUSE!!
At least if the person who is in charge of this town knew their ass would be on the line every two or four years, there would be a hell of a lot of different behavior and a different attitude!!
“Oh it is more corrupt when someone is elected”
OH IT IS!! THIS PERSON ANSWERS TO NINE PEOPLE-AND THE POPULATION OF CHESHIRE IS NEARLY 30,000!!
WRONG!!!
And speaking of spending money-of course I am not able to take a photo of it-but the Herald has photos of the new Historical District signs near the corner of Maple Avenue and running through Cornwall Avenue.
In all honesty, If I were Cheshire-I would be EMBARRASED to put up these signs!!
CLEAN UP THE AREA FIRST!! FOR GOD’S SAKE, THE SIGN NEAR THE CHESHIRE COFFEE NEAR THAT BLUE UGLY ASS BUILDING LOOKS DISGUSTING!! CUT THE GRASS FOR GOD’S SAKE AND TEAR DOWN THAT BUILDING!!
On the other hand-I guess it is historical because that building looks like nothing has been done to it since the 1700′s!!
Another disgrace is where that new pharmacy is going in across from St. Bridgets School.
The photo of this building in its original condition which I could not get when I was doing my Cheshire Then and Now project can be seen at the Dunkin Donuts in the Everybody’s Plaza-WHAT A NICE BUILDING!! TOO BAD THE TOWN DID NOT TAKE ENOUGH CARE TO PRESERVE THIS STRUCTURE!!
I am going to go to some other towns-like Orange-and take photos of THEIR HISTORICAL DISTRICT-SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE
TAKE PRIDE CHESHIRE!!
In other news: I am sure some of the racist Republicans we have in this town will get a big kick out of this:
Oh, and here is an interesting item I found on E-Bay:
NO TAKERS!!
I am going to buy the patch-but it on my shirt and go around on my scooter and pull people over.
A friend made a taser from an old ink pen shell so I am all set!!
YEA!!
