WHY BURDEN CITIZENS FOR OTHER FOLKS' ENJOYMENT? Palm Aire Special Recreation District Ordinance |
An
Opinion By Jan Bergemann Published July 3, 2008 Create
another special taxing district; create some more unneeded cost for the
citizens. That -- and nothing else -- is what Vice Mayor George Brummer
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all over Developers built too many golf courses, much more than needed for the number of folks who liked to play golf -- and to pay for it! Because this is really the issue: YOU WANT TO PLAY -- YOU HAVE TO PAY!
Florida's golf courses are haunted by three serious problems:
The solution is really easy: Have the people that want to play golf and want to keep these golf courses open pay for them! Don't ask the neighbors to pay for their entertainment. All
over Some folks in the neighborhood already got it right: Our retirees just can't afford more taxes burdening their last savings! Robert Eisengrein, president of the Oasis at Palm Aire Association, asked the commission members to have Oasis' 167 homeowners secede from the project. In his presentation to the commission he made it clear that the owners in his community will not benefit from this "venture" and should not be asked to contribute financially.
Val Lucier, a resident of the 167-member Oasis at Palm Aire Association, collected the signatures of all but one of the 123 owners in town who oppose joining the district and presented the petition to the commissioners -- but to no avail. See article Sun Sentinel: Pompano sets vote on Palm Aire special recreation tax district)
It becomes more and more obvious that many of our elected officials are deaf and blind when it comes to pleas from their constituents to not waste their money on unwanted projects!
In an editorial sent to the Sun Sentinel by Val Lucier the reasons for him and his neighbors to reject this project are made very clear:
"This GREEN initiative is not about GRASS it is about $$$$$.”
The only answer for the constituents living in this proposed district: VOTE NO ON THE ORDINANCE PROPOSAL ON AUGUST 26, 2008! |