Councilors need to keep their promises
Thank you to Marco City Councilors Brechnitz, Gray and Palumbo for voting against a tax increase. Sadly, several council members who made promises not to raise taxes voted for the increase! During her campaign, Councilor Goehler committed that any increase would go to the voters. Clearly – she cannot be trusted to keep her promises. Councilors need to keep their promises.
Now is the time to take a long hard look at the budget. Some items are vague and it’s important to make sure every dollar is being spent wisely and not wasted. Let’s get back to sound budgeting and careful spending. In this era of inflation plus skyrocketing insurance, our local government needs to be even more careful with every dollar.
Wasting tax dollars on swales and median plantings is unacceptable. A movement to drought resistant local plants and grasses is the way to save money and the environment because they don’t need the water that non-local plants do. We want good water quality in the canals and in our drinking water. That is where your focus needs to go. That’s why we elected you!…