Is this really on our top 10 priorities list?
Really? With our state boasting the third-highest foreclosure rate, a downtown on the brink of extinction, property taxes rising despite home values declining, a sometimes bitter fight over the fate of an iconic State Street building, the continuing fallout from a $24,000 city employee theft, and the installation of a new half-million-dollar city software system (with a $100,000 a year maintenance contract, no less), the only thing Genevans are haranguing the mayor about is the Mental Health Board? And, apparently, these folks are getting very specific about this non-issue. Maybe I have more readers than I thought! Yes! During last Monday’s (April 30) policy-only City Council meeting, the mayor told the aldermen that we regular folks had …
Sometimes you have to spend money to save it!
As is almost always the case when a political appellation gets co-opted, the term “fiscal conservative” has come to mean something other than what it should—a faithful steward of the taxpayers’ money. Under the reigning assumption that all government spending is inherently bad, it now defines a politician who can only say the word “no!” Though it’s getting harder and harder to tell them apart, there should be a marked difference between a curmudgeon and a conservative. A conservative stays out of peoples’ private lives and understands that circumstances exist where spending money now can save you so much more in the long run. A curmudgeon doesn’t. Look, I understand the pitfalls of dealing with unions and that going to arbitration is an …
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5:27 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Alright, when you two are ready to give the Globe back their content... could we get a nice piece on the Geneva Film Festival or something? more ›
Jay Moffat
8:01 am on Friday, May 11, 2012
If the concern is about money being handed out that Geneva lacks control over, perhaps the answer lies in buying and outfitting another group home in Geneva. Home values are down so purchasing power should get us a better value. Trade people need work so a small amount of local jobs would be created to retrofit the home. Granted this home is managed by AID but with a number of families in Geneva … more ›