Rather than reducing state spending and misuse of funds the state of Florida is considering following states like Indiana and leasing their highways to private firms, not excluding foreign corporations. A potential for poor service and higher costs awaits the Florida taxpayer, where they only have one “freeway”.
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Visit her site to learn more: http://www.tollscreategridlock.org
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And some people think he’s a benevolent leader interested in helping the people?
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This is nothing new. While the Gore’s, Edward’s, Kennedy’s all live the fancy life, they want us to cut back and do with less.
It goes for the majority of Republicans, as well.
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Robert and Chris would like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy good food and family.
Link to Article on WRAL-TV.com
The Roanoke Rapids City Council voted to replace Randy Parton as manager for the Randy Parton Theatre. The theatre has been having trouble breaking even ever since it’s beginning. Parton’s salary, paid by the taxpayer, will be slashed to $250,000 a year, down from 1.5 million per year. Poor Randy will have to live on hard times in one of the poorest counties in NC
You see, this is why public-private partnerships are BAD, BAD, BAD news for the taxpayer. Did I say it was bad? Some on the Roanoke Rapids City Council, who made the original contract with Randy Parton, thought that since it was a private venture (though using PUBLIC FUNDS) the theatre didn’t need to disclose the finances to the public. Au Contraire, Mon Fraire! That sounds like an easy way to cover fraud and corruption of select individuals in on the deal in the first place. But the City Council now promises that full transparency will be allowed. We shall see. Hey, where are all those jobs promised? Restaurant and retail jobs don’t pay enough for people to live on, you know.
Now, since Randy Parton’s salary is to be cut, will this also reduce the property tax burden recently endured by the people in Halifax County? I sincerely doubt it, at least not immediately. When it was announced that Carolina Crossroads and the Randy Parton theatre was to be built, property values in Halifax County started reaching astronomical values. Folks, who had worked all their lives and used their earnings to build themselves a place to call home, only to move because a few charlatans saw dollar signs, excuse me, tax revenue, is a sad aftershock of ridiculous deals, such as this.
All this, again, in one of the most poorest counties in North Carolina.
I remember one evening, I was visiting my parents a few years ago, when the phone rang. I answered it and a lady on the other line from somewhere in Raleigh, NC was asking if we had any property to sell. Why would someone, out of the blue no less, call up asking us that question. I told her in no uncertain terms that there was no way in heck we were selling anything to her or anyone else. Click. The real estate sharks looking to pilfer and profit off the local residents had begun. It was sickening to me to see that my hometown was to be carved up by greedy politicians and self-serving individuals, so that they could play bigshot for a day.
I’m going to repeat what Robert and I say on the show on a regular basis. Government cannot GIVE, what it MUST TAKE from you. This is why public-private partnerships are an unhealthy alliance of corrupt politicians and profit-driven corporations.
Let’s just hope Mr. Parton doesn’t sue the City of Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County like he did his sister Dolly Parton, because they wouldn’t give him anymore money to keep wasting away. The people of Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County should not are NOT beholden to Randy Parton.
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