I'm not questioning the viability of the project ... we should be designing and building for the grant money we received ... and work hard to stay within those budgets. |
Let's put it to bid with these restrictions and [contractors] could build it for less. |
What's increasing taxes is expenditures. We provide a lot of services. We spend a lot of money. There are two options - raise taxes or reduce services. |
You can go back years and place blame, but the bottom line is that we have a budget before us, and we need to be responsible to the taxpayers. |
You won't have to pay property taxes on your car, which is a regressive tax. Let's work on reforming property tax ... [and] wait and see [what happens]...we'd all shift our opinions if we received more money from the state [than expected]. |