Mr. Mayor,
You have signed away over $17,000,000 in our tax dollars and $400,000 a year in our Edit Funds for the next 17 years. And you have done this without the consent of the voters. We know the council voted for this expenditure but how do you or they know this was with our permission?
A few years ago the Caesars Casino was put on the ballot as a referrendum. Why was this not done with the Scribner Place pool?
Now before everybody gets into a tizzy, we just want note that the question concerned the pool not the YMCA itself. As we understand it, the YMCA will not be a burden on the taxpayers and if people are allowed to join regardless of their financial circumstances that is wonderful. But we still cannot understand why it is such a necessity to build this pool. If Ceasars wanted to donate money for a good cause that is fine. Certainly there are other causes besides a swimming pool.
You always complain about the legacy Mrs. Overton left for you, what about the legacy you are leaving your successor?
We must ask, Mr. Mayor, why did you do a complete turn around regarding the whole Scribner Place compound? As a City Council Member who said the city could not afford this but as the Mayor you were 100% behind it. You never did give the voters a valid reason for changing your mind. Well sir, you will be the one remembered for this decision. The buck stops with you, there is no one else to blame when the people move out of New Albany in greater numbers because they cannot afford to pay their property taxes.
