Well folks it has been a few weeks since I have been here with an article. Life happens. We have a new City Administrator. Long over due but now he is here in place and all indications are he will do a pretty good job. We also have an interim police chief. I have talked to him. He seems to be a very sound individual. He recognizes what he is dealing with and has pledged to do the best he can knowing he is only going to be here a short time.
I don’t know if you noticed but we seem to have more police cars running around the neighborhoods and more tickets being issued. These are all positive signs. Hopefully we can get on with the business of the City and do what is right for the resident taxpayers. Along those lines, in order to help out the resident taxpayers, we have an opportunity to do some annexations such as St. Andrews Golf Course. Councilman Reese and myself have negotiated with Tom Hughes to bring his development into the city voluntarily. In exchange we have pledged that he will have the full cooperation of the City. Some of the side benefits for Mr. Hughes are that he has promised to concentrate on home building and not on becoming involved in city politics. There are other areas outside the City that want to come into the City. There is some opposition from some council people. I want to concentrate on the growth of the city. Growth means more revenue and filling in the gaps and becoming a solid unit as opposed to looking like Swiss cheese. We are concentrating on what is bet for the city and the taxpayers in general trying to avoid and discourage slanted viewpoints when personalities are involved. It is important that we get back to legislating and running the City to benefit the resident taxpayer. I am still fighting for your free trash service. It still has not been identified where the money will come from but we are working on it. Stay tuned stay in touch. 425 Nantucket, 949-0956.
