Thanks AT&T!
November 13, 2010 Leave a comment
AT&T–you have the worst internet, wireless and customer service in town (except maybe for Comcast!). My internet service was out for a few days and I read books! Enjoyable indeed.
Thank You, Mr. Slesnick, Posted–Boy Scouts Not Welcome
November 7, 2010 1 Comment
The city authorities, instead of handing big city issues like the Biltmore lease mismanagement by the city manager, used a contract lawyer to send a letter to the Boy Scouts at the last minute before a proposed meeting at the Boy Scout House.
Also, it is my understanding that the Boy Scout House was donated to the them by George Merrick’s Company and that there is a probable dispute between the Boy Scouts and the city over the actual ownership of the House.
Should we celebrate the 100 years of Mr. Merrick’s house be foreclosing on the Boy Scouts? It think not, but who knows in these times of elections, bad budgets, high taxes and institutional failures of the city.
Marco Rubio’s Ideas Work for Coral Gables
November 7, 2010 Leave a comment
Mr. Rubio argues for a number of conservative policies, but the ones right for our small city are eliminating wasteful spending, reducing taxes, keep down the debt (read, unfunded pensions) and reducing government “reaching further into our lives” (read excessive permitting, leaf blowers and pick-up trucks).
It is curious that while progressives and conservatives can’t agree on national policies, their views are totally in tandem in Coral Gables.
“The past two years provided a frightening glimpse at what could become of our great nation if we continue down the current path: wasteful spending, a growing debt and a government reaching ever further into our lives, even into our health care decisions,” he said. “It is nothing short of a path to ruin …”
…“This means preventing a massive tax increase scheduled to hit every American taxpayer at the end of the year. It means repealing and replacing the disastrous health care bill. It means simplifying our tax code, and tackling a debt that is pushing us to the brink of our own Greece-like day of reckoning.”
via President Obama, Marco Rubio face off on tax cuts – CSMonitor.com.
The Economy: Is There Realism in Coral Gables?
November 5, 2010 Leave a comment
The Economy
The few points increase in the stock market in the last few days (evidently not caused by the Republican wins, but by the decision of the Fed to expanding the money supply) and a slight increase of 150,000 new jobs (an economist said it would take 15 years to get back employment lost in the recession at that rate) should not give us any hope for anything but a slow economic recovery. Wake up Coral Gables, property values are not going to increase, and still may fall in the months and years ahead.
City of Coral Gables’ budgets, taxes and spending should be constructed with the realistic understanding that the real estate market is not going to save the city’s budget and the taxpayers are at the end of their ability to keep paying more and more taxes.
