Sprouse presented a proposal to the so-called "Finance Committee" (which by the way is just the current city council members), that the money be used to to give city employees a $600 bonus. What possessed Sprouse to hand out bonuses at the same time we are the only city in the area showing decreased sales tax revenues is beyond me.
According to Wyman Morgan, the increased census revenue will total $336,000 and the cost of the proposed bonuses would be about $294,000. No word yet on Sprouse's plans for the remaining $44,000, but I'm sure the Chamber of Commerce has their hands out.
The NWA Regional Planning Commission is currently working on the stretch of trail that will be going through the heart of Springdale. As people travel through our town, they will be hit in the face with the stench of the sewage treatment plant right before they get to the algae cesspool that is currently Lake Springdale. Ron Moore of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said the extent of the algae bloom this year is cause for concern and could cause a fish kill. Won't that make a stunning backdrop to your nature walk? They won't be able to jog through this town fast enough.
The bonuses the city employees receive will most likely be spent at one of the malls (in Rogers or Fayetteville) or on restaurant row anyway. They might recoup a cent or or two in sales tax revenue from Shave Planet at the top of the hill - if they're lucky.
Springdale needs funding for the animal shelter, Meals on Wheels, Ozark Transit and more code enforcement officers who will follow up and do something about the enormous number of violations. It wouldn't hurt you to give back the funding you cut from the library and Shiloh Museum either.
Well the short bus must have got themselves a new calculator for Jethro to play with.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable! What has this mayor done? I believe he was given a raise prior to taking office and he still has his hand out? WWJD. Smells like congress to me. We would all like a raise but this ain't the Disney Channel. This is the Reality. We arent drinking to Koolaid Sprouse.
ReplyDeleteRemember our 9-11. Sam's left without a peep from any of them. We're left with gangs manufacturing methanphetamine behind this overgrown city. Makes a momma proud. What a legacy they will leave! No one to blame except the voters! They bring 'em back year after year. You just can't fix stupid. Wait, most of them were educated here! It's not their fault they can't see there is a problem.
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ReplyDeleteI have an idea!
Let's raise a tax to get millions into a baseball stadium out in a residential area.
We'll worry about access to the stadium down the road.
The ensuing boom will create beaucoup investments in snazzy retail spaces, the city's tax coffers will be overflowing and surrounding land owners can make huge gains from dumping their pasturelands. It will all trickle down to the lowest among us.
Wait. Am I dreaming or did somebody beat me to it?
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You gotta be kidding. Hire more Code Enforcement Officers. The ones you got don't do their job, why hire more to do the same thing, NOTHING. The head of Code Enforcement Dan Snow, and his supervisor Michael Chamlee need to be replaced. If Code Enforcement is not doing their job, then the Department Heads, Snow and Chamlee need to be fired and replaced with someone who will take the bull by the horns, and do what it takes to try and clean up this city.
ReplyDeleteWe are so flush with cash that we should hire some more idiots trained by the same idiots that are paid to do nothing. Nothing ever changes. No leadership! Who would good sense would ever invest in this community? Well except for some additional meth labs that are quite happy with the mess.
ReplyDeleteSpringdale has the largest code enforcement department in northwest Arkansas. They don't need more help they need to get the ones they have working or replace them starting with Chamlee and Snow.
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