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Old 03-18-2021, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by stebooo View Post
There are listed 64 different meetings.64!!!!! Why this many. I would like to suggest that it may involve bad budgeting, requirements and or sensible capabilities. It one can honestly justify a budget item correctly it shouldn't be a problem. When one is not being honest the entire dynamic is crushed. It's a well known fact and I can verify personally in my past is the govt sector had a mentality that if I don't use what's in my budget this year I will never get it back. To that end I need to find a home for this $$$ never mind if it's correct just spend it and the best goes on.

This is in the mind of every tax payer. Fix that and you'll have a different attitude. Otherwise the same outcome will prevail thanks for pointing out the insane schedule. It's like we're worn out with meetings for people who can't make a good honest decisions.
You're pretty judgmental of a system for someone who doesn't understand the government of this community. I would suggest that you attend the Resident Academy and learn about the CDDs that make up this community. I can assure you, the government budgeting process is much different than a normal city or county and most assuredly a vastly different mindset than what prevails at the state and federal levels. The Supervisors in the 16 CDDs are very much closer to the source and spending of the collected funds than almost anywhere else.
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