I am 100 percent in support of bringing in an independent auditor, ... I can't necessarily speak for the rest of the board. But I don't think any one of them are against it. |
I think we have to make a decision on the middle school. And it appears we have a vehicle to finance it. |
If nothing changes and we held to the pledge, it could be a delta of $14 million over the next four or five years, ... That's what we have to do to honor our commitment. |
If we continue at a spending level like in this budget, we are headed downhill, ... This is not a budget I feel good about approving. |
The financial reports that were presented to the board were laughable, |
The goal is not to keep children from participating in farm projects, but to have a community that is habitable and not abusive to neighbors, |
The thing this meeting will do is generate phone calls because the topics all have been discussed individually and now we're discussing them together. |
The worst thing is, this caused the community to make a decision based on information that has a quicksand foundation, |
There's a new sheriff in town, ... Much more transparency. You ask a question now, and you get an answer. |
We are a little numb, ... It's another issue we want to make sure doesn't happen again. |
We are not sure enough to go forward spending money on an addition because we don't know what is in the checkbook, |
We want to do this as soon as possible, ... But it's not all in our hands. |