UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TOWN OF CHESHIRE!!
Also: Charges Against Cheshire Police Officer DROPPED
I still do not have my computer, so it will be difficult to post on a consistent basis. I was able to do it last week because I borrowed a friends computer, but I had to give it back to her over the weekend so we will have to see how it goes.
I happened to read a story in the Manhattan, KS Mercury, which is actually WORSE than the Herald, as far as whitewashing the news, which talked about their community pool and doing a bid waiver. In all fairness-this pool is 70 YEARS OLD!! Maybe Cheshire should get this construction firm-DAMN that pool really lasted!!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? WHAT IS GOING ON?? Am I going from the frying pan INTO THE FIRE?? MIght be.
The way this works is the City of Manhattan (KS), actually passed what they call a “design build” ordinance, which allows them to WAIVE ALL CONSTRUCTION BIDS, to save time and money.
Here is the link to this story
It’s like well, let’s not bother wasting time bidding for construction projects, let’s just pick a firm and go with them. MAYBE CHESHIRE CONNECTICUT SHOULD RELOCATE TO MANHATTAN, KANSAS!!
And if that were not bad enough the city is going to purchase 10 new municipal vehicles. OH NO!! This town looks like it is getting worse than Cheshire blowing money on garbage. I am trying to see how much it is going to cost for their community pool-which IS one season-at least they were smart about that. I mean they do have a few other pools and have the use of K-State’s pools.
There is one thing Cheshire has to understand-you DO NOT consider reducing Town Hall hours or cutting out the extended hours at the Town Hall and Police Department UNLESS IT IS A DIRE EMERGENCY.
And no, CIA Director, that is not a matter for Executive Session. The idea can be discussed in public, but DETAILS where it impacts CERTAIN EMPLOYEES belong in Executive Session!!
My spouse goes to these meetings, asks questions regarding the defined benefits and pensions and gets told “oh we don’t wing anything-go to the pension board meetings to find out more details” (sic)
Believe me, If I were at that meeting, those words would not have gone unanswered. Of COURSE Cheshire doesn’t WING anything, my spouse, who lets everyone take advantage of him, should understand that!!
They script everything out in this town-that is why you get a sideways glance when you ask a probing question. Yeah, I am going to start finding out what REALLY happened July 2007-I can tell you one thing right now, if that WERE IN ANY OTHER TOWN, HEADS WOULD HAVE ROLLED!!
This town better have eight million in the bank they will need it for the LAWSUIT!!!
This is why people don’t bother showing up to these phony go through the motion budget hearings. Why bother, they don’t listen.
If this town is worried about the defined benefits and peoples pensions, which have taken a hit from the stock market-do one of two things-WAIT IT OUT-the stock market will recover-OR RAISE TAXES-RAISE THE MILL RATE!!
But you see, that won’t happen this year because it is an ‘election year” The phonies won’t DARE RAISE anything but the public safety budget, because they want to get re-elected. They are addicted to this ZERO budget increase FOR SOME DEPARTMENTS. Now they are trying to stick with this option even though it is not feasible it is not fair.
Nothing has to be cut short or furloughed in this town-start spending money wisely-make the pool one season, get rid of take home cars, TAX ELIM PARK:
Stop letting the State of Connecticut SHIT all over Cheshire literally and make them construct their own sewage treatment plant since they refuse to pay their fair share of the cost, if they don’t SHUT THEM OFF!! AND finally –raise the mill rate to 50!!
Get some balls Cheshire-WILL YOU!!
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