I Would Like Gila County to Cut Cell Phone Expenses Now.

#25: Guest - Re: Re: Cell Phones 

 You know, it would be great to be able to report on the good in our community..and there IS a lot of good.  Unfortunately, the abuse of power and the reckless and irresponsible spending at both the County and City level has made it tough to put on the old "happy face".  Wake up and look around you - if you owned property that was a fire hazard, and a fire started on your property which spread to neighboring properties and destroyed their homes, how would you feel?  And if that property belonged to the County or the City, and their response was basically "too bad", would you put a big smile on your face and just go on?  If you were denied raises for 6 years because "there is no money, just tighten your belt", and you saw that same entity handing out cars and Droids as if they were party favors, would you just put on your happy face?  Our government - both local and national - is destroying the middle class, putting us all into debt and apparently intends to continue whether we protest or not.  Our only option is to make everyone aware of what is going on, where the money is going and who is responsible.  And hopefully, enough people will wake up and get out there and vote the bums out!  Our quality of life is at risk, and let's face it - the people that were voted in to guide us and protect us don't give a damn.  They are filling their pockets at our expense, and they do not intend to stop until we make them stop.  Drive out to the new Public Works building... $8 MILLION dollars, and counting.  to house roughly 25 employees and to park their tax-payer funded vehicles.  This during a time of economic hardship!  Those vehicles are parked in the lots all day, and are gone in the evening and on weekends.  GET REAL!  Most of us can't afford to fix our old vehicles and certainly can't afford new ones, but we are paying for the vehicles, insurance, registration, repairs and maintenance - not to mention gas and oil - for people who are making double and triple what the average worker makes.  We are paying for their cellphones, which are used mainly for personal calls.  We are paying for their family members to have Blackberries, as well - yet we can't afford them for ourselves or our families.  Tell me, how do we put a positive and cheerful spin on that?  The Assessor takes the heat for the tax increases, but he has absolutely no control over them - the increases are passed by the Board of Supervisors, he has no voice in the matter - he just takes the heat and the calls from the upset taxpayers.  You owe it to yourself to learn about what is happening, who is really responsible and then to take the proper action to fix the problem.  In this case, you need to vote out the people who are lining their pockets with your hard earned money and elect someone who actually cares about your quality of life and your future, and whether your family will have good health care, quality education and a home to live in along with good nutrition and a FUTURE.  Our future is looking pretty grim right now.  and it won't stop until we face the facts, whether they are pleasant or not and whether or not they are delivered with a perky smile and cheerful voice.  If you care about your future, you better care about who is driving the car that takes us there.