I have also read that even beyond targeting Pro-Life religions that gun rights groups were also targeted.

• A Wawa Grande has been spotted in Parque Nacional de Caja.  The name is a mix of Quichuan and Spanish.  Wawa is an onomatopoeia meaning baby and Grande is Spanish for big.  In other words – “Big Baby” – or bigfoot type creature.  A Wawa Grande has not been spotted in the Park in the last four years but was spotted by a group of English tourists and their guide.
• A light rail system will be built in Cuenca running from the Airport down to the area around Mall del Rio.  The fare: $.25 (they use the U.S. dollar for their currency) unless, of course you are over 65 and then the fare will be $.12.
• Construction of the first McDonald’s has begun.  The city already had Pizza Hut, KFC, Burger King, Subway, and Papa John’s.

This is hardly the transparency that Obama promised during his campaign, is it?

Is this the yet another scandal?

• The Begahzi cover up
• The partisan treatment of conservative groups by the IRS
• The DOJ seizing AP’s phone records

President Obama has been trying to distance himself from any responsibility.  He kind of reminds me of this scene…

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Kind of scary to think that the IRS with it’s partisan treatment of groups that disagree with Obama’s big government policies will be the same group that administers Obamacare.

I am happy to report that Dr. Gosnell has been found guilty of first degree murder plus other charges.

Our city has never had sufficient resources to maintain our streets properly.

Really? Never?

The City has reduced spending and benefits overall.

I sure would like someone to show me this reduction. I compared the 2012 vs 2013 and did not see this overall reduction. The vast majority of departments INCREASED spending – some substantially. Of the bigger departments like the police 2012 went from $7556.2 (x$1,000) to a 2013 budget of $8198.3. Fire rose from $7,541.7 to $7,763.1. Most a big department, but the mayor’s department went from $183.2 to $190.5. BTW: did you know that the Mithoff continues to cost the city $6,000 a year?

By law, these funds can only be used for street restoration and maintenance.

Partial truth. Yes, THESE funds can only be used for streets, but if they have these funds for street repairs they can use the funds that were previously allocated in the general fund to use where ever they want.

We will still have the lowest property taxes for a city of our size, even with this modest increase.

What is the scope of this statement? Lowest taxes in the world? The country? The state? Or just Fairfield County? You really cannot compare just the property taxes. The question is what are the TOTAL taxes paid by our residents.

The tax is a fixed dollar amount and will stay the same for 10 years.

Why not just make it a permanent tax now? Ten years is a joke. Since they will have absorbed the street repair funds from the general funds to pay for other highly productive projects like the Mithoff and Lancaster Public Transit, the public will have no choice but to renew the tax or they will not have a cent to repair streets.

The State of Ohio contributes a portion of their property taxes to those taxpayers 65 and older who have obtained Homestead Status.

Quite honestly I don’t understand this double speak, but what they are trying to say is if you are over 65 it won’t cost you as much so go ahead and vote for the new tax and stick it to younger working families.

Cost property owners just $7.66 per month (on a $100,000 home) – LESS THAN A CUP OF COFFEE A DAY.

Always break it down to daily rates – it makes the tax seem a lot cheaper.

Help attract new businesses and the jobs they bring.

Didn’t we hear the same argument when we voted in the last school issue? How many jobs were created by our high school taxes? Good streets will bring the jobs but high taxes will not keep new businesses away, right?

As I have shown on a previous post property taxes simply are not fair. I demonstrated statistically that those with higher value properties pay less per $1,000 of selling price than does a person who owns a less expensive home.

Regardless of how you vote on this issue I hope you vote on Tuesday.

Also, word has it that the old Big Bear has been leased to a company that will open a grocery (and other stuff) store.  Anyone have further info?

One word: Duh!

I also had to laugh at the master plan for downtown that will cost an estimated $100 MILLION to implement.

One word: ROFLMFAO

In the first stages of decline I would guess that the only thing we will notice is higher prices.  I am not just talking about just gas prices, but prices on just about everything.  Many products use petroleum and virtually all products require petroleum for the manufacturing process or transport.  Alternative energy sources may slow but will not eliminate the decline.

I would also predict that the decline in petroleum prices would increase the likelihood of wars over the precious commodity. Food prices will spike because food production is very energy intensive.

Further down the timeline food production will drop dramatically.  Available energy sources will not be able to provide sufficient food to feed a world population that we have today.  Eventually world population will decline to about two billion people and we will become an agrarian world.

Please tell me I’m wrong.