Quote:
Originally Posted by dewilson58
My Guess: Inexperienced commissioners & county finance staff. None of them have been faced with the issue and did not know what to do. I think Sumter would have been successful in issuing a bond. The new commissioners have even less experience. Oh Boy.
|
I am having a hard time buying that. The commissioners had plenty of people point out to them that the impact fees should not be forced on existing taxpayers. Valuable information they obviously choose to completely ignore. Being naive is no excuse for a civil servant. For such an important decision, they could have easily justified hiring a consultant knowledgeable in such matters to properly educate them before voting.
I find it much more believable that they were told how to vote by those who they answered to, who are not the typical county taxpayers. That again begs the question, why did the ones who told the commissioners how to vote, not instruct them to explore issuing a Special Revenue Bond?