KEEP AN EYE ON MORE THAN THE WEATHER
We’re all paying attention to the weather this morning, but I have my eye on something taking place tonight. The City-County Council’s Public Safety Committee is taking up an ordinance to spend more than seven million dollars of your hard earned money. It’s supposed to be for “public safety” but the ordinance doesn’t spell out exactly where the money is going.
There is $5,000,000 for “personal services.” There’s another $156,000 for “supplies.” $127,000 for “capital outlays.” And my personal favorite, $1,317,000 for “other services and charges.” Lord only knows what’s hidden in that line item.
This proposal is typical of what is wrong with the current Council. It was put on the agenda under questionable circumstances, and there is no breakdown of expenditures for the public to see exactly where their money is going. It was this kind of budgetary chicanery that contributed to the majority party’s loss this past November.
Hopefully this behavior will stop come January 1.
