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Open letter from Chairman Bannister
A Letter From Chairman Bannister: Proposed service cuts to be considered on July 21
This just speaks for itself.
I am well aware of the public response generated by the proposed tax increase. I continue to believe it is necessary to meet the public needs of our county. That having been said, the challenge now is to make deep cuts in county operations and service delivery to balance lost revenues.
Glad to see politics as usual is not just on the national level. We have it right here as well. Our Chairman is leading by fear tactics. What great leadership that is. While the residents are taking hits with pay cuts and job losses in every sector he wants us to feel guilty because he can’t run the county effectively and with any fiscal responsibility in the past several years and now the past is coming back to haunt us all. Remember the baseball stadium, the trash mess, and the questionable land deals and now he is looking to each of us for his bailout.
July 17, 2009 - 10:53 am
Mr. Bannister’s letter is insulting to say the least.
PLEASE, Gwinnett residents, do not fall for the scare tactics. The commissioners are only cutting budget items that will impact residents the most -police, fire, parks, libraries, etc. Why? Because they want to punish the residents for voting down the tax increase. They also hope to scare residents into rethinking a tax increase–an increase that would not be needed were it not for a stadium, illegal land deals and trash-battle legal fees.
I’m sure there are many items in the budget that could be cut that residents would not even notice. But that would not fit Mr. Bannister’s agenda.
We’ve come to the standoff and I refuse to blink first!
July 28, 2009 - 1:38 pm
Has anyone been contacted via email or by phone for the survey RW Beck supposedly is doing for the Trash proposal (remember $130,000) wasted when we the people have already proved that the current one meets Georgia regulations. More importantly, that we want to stay with the current system.
I don’t want this survey to be like the GC&B one – stacked with Bannister & Gang supporters.
We can’t give up and let them sneak this through.