ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

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   Over the years as I have sat before my TV watching the City Council Meetings and over and over again I have heard the same response from City Hall, we don’t have the money.
We don’t have the money to clean up the canal.
We don’t have the money to repair the streets.
And the latest is we don’t have the money for the separation of the sewers.
Month after month I find myself asking the same question…but where did all the money go? 
We have been paying into these funds for years yet millions of dollars have simply disappeared from theses enterprise funds and we the tax paying public seem to have absolutely no idea of where all this money has been spent. 
Have we not been paying close enough attention to what is really being said and voted on at the council meetings? 
Have we allowed money to be removed from these funds for a purpose other that what they were legally intended?
Have we the tax payers been asleep at the wheel?

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Vivian Moon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vivian Moon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 9:24pm
	Over the years as I have sat before my TV watching the City Council Meetings and over and over again I have heard the same response from City Hall, we don’t have the money. We don’t have the money to clean up the canal. We don’t have the money to repair the streets. And the latest is we don’t have the money for the separation of the sewers. Month after month I find myself asking the same question…but where did all the money go? We have been paying into these funds for years yet millions of dollars have simply disappeared from theses enterprise funds and we the tax paying public seem to have absolutely no idea of where all this money has been spent. Have we not been paying close enough attention to what is really being said and voted on at the council meetings? Have we allowed money to be removed from these funds for a purpose other that what they were legally intended? Have we the tax payers been asleep at the wheel?

ktf1179 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Mar 19 2012 Status: Offline Points: 518	Post Options Post Reply Quote ktf1179 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jan 08 2013 at 8:30am
	You are absolutely right. Middletown needs more citizen organization groups to call attention to what is going on in the city with its tax payers dollars. I know in Springboro that if anything happens, there is some community group calling attention to an issue either in the local newspaper or TV News. We need the same type of involvement to help wake up the citizens of Middletown. But living hear for over a year now, I am afraid that is is a pipe dream. However, I still hold out hope that things can change if WE can get the the people of this community to wake up and see what is going on and take back the city.