Elk County... Are your property taxes about to go up... again?

[readyaimduck]

Wait a minute!     I fogort  they need to lean slowly back and stroke their chins, look at the ceiling and make the decisions.
I guess a leather chair would soothe the butt chaping I would give them for their ostentenious spending!   

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[kshillbillys]

Uhmm why do they need leather chairs?  My God they act like its their freaking money!   I can throw together a couple benches out here for them to sit their fat asses on!  cost..... 25 bucks for the whole lot of them

That's right. They DON'T need leather chairs. And when meetings start at 8 p.m. they don't need to eat before or during the meetings either! They have plenty of time to eat dinner like us regular peons before the meetings!

And Ready---I have heard that the cell phones were for teachers and also their FAMILIES!

[readyaimduck]

And Ready---I have heard that the cell phones were for teachers and also their FAMILIES!

The family plan rate:  cheaper rates....however, the family members need to pay the difference.

As long as they pay thier share of the excess, then all will be okay...I just worry about texting charges or minute rates.
Perhaps someone could enilighten us and straighten us out on this charge?
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[Diane Amberg]

So have the installer come back and fix the court house roof. They owe it to you. No excuses.

[readyaimduck]

Diane:
We haven't had any rain!  IF it doesn't rain...the roof ain't leaking.  Can't fix it if it ain't leaking!
There must have been a clause in the contract with the rain Gods!  <<<<sarcasm off.

What you said is true, there should have been a warranty for that.

ready to be struck with lightening

[Patriot]

Of course there's the two chairs that taxpayers purchased for the county attorney's office that are rumored to have cost around $600 each.... but who's counting?

[Patriot]

Diane:
We haven't had any rain!  IF it doesn't rain...the roof ain't leaking.  Can't fix it if it ain't leaking!
There must have been a clause in the contract with the rain Gods!  <<<<sarcasm off.

What you said is true, there should have been a warranty for that.

ready to be struck with lightening

ZAAAPPP!   But did we need the strings and added cost that came with an historical site designation for the building which will affect (increased costs) all future repairs?

[Patriot]

the cell phones I could understand.  Teachers need to be called in, or alerted to situations.

Called in or alerted?  Called in for what?  Special hall monitor duties?  Alerted to what?  Dusty chalkboard erasers?  When did K-12 teachers become designated emergency service personnel? 

How about we provide cell phones to all the parents in case they need to be 'alerted' that Jhonnie upchucked his taxpayer provided lunch, or called in to discuss his poor test performance.

How the heck did the public school system ever survive without taxpayer provided cell phones?

[Ross]

Kshillbillys,

Haven't you heard the county can't borrow the money. The county sold the roof to the bank on a lease to by back program.
We don't own the roof the bank does. I couldn't believe my ears at the Commissioners meeting. I believe the same thing happens with the new boiler and any other such expense involving the bank.

But guess what about two months ago it was supper important to upgrade the telephone system and the computer network at the courthouse. But at the last meeting that was thrown out the window for the boiler.

Even thought the boiler had been inspected and nothing found wrong with it. Just because it is 55 years old and may quit anytime, it is now urgent to replace it. With a computerized boiler. They don't build things like that anymore, ever wonder why? Perhaps because they were made to last forever.

I think what would make more sense if you just want to spend money would be to go with a geothermo unit which would pay for itself and they might even be able to get a larger federal grant for going green to help pay for it.

I worked in the Naval Ship Yard where they had these huge electric motors that were built in 1909 and still using them today.
I mean hugh, one would fill your whole living room. Why are they still using them, because they were built to last.

Oh, well.

[Patriot]

$9.5+ million and 250 students... Somewhere north of $38,000 per kid per year.  Shoot, that's darn near private college tuition rates.

Do our HS grads have good micro/macro economics training?  If so, hire a couple of em to improve the county economy so average folks can continue to afford this crap!

Wake up citizens... something is disKonnected!  I'm thinking the folks we have elected are disKonnected from reality.  Have you been watching the national economic news?  Apparently our leadership hasn't.