Unfortunately Leomie, the say of the taxpayer seems to end at the polls. Government thrift is an oxymoron.
Here we go again -- Augusta being taken for another ride.
First, we were told the Medical College of Georgia was buying the Gilbert Manor housing area, then the tables were turned and the taxpayers were told they would foot the bill.
Now Augusta will receive a stimulus check for $6 million, and the first plan for it is to renovate the Peabody apartment complex at $45,000 each. Get real.
I am all for renovating the apartments. I also believe it can be done at a fraction of that cost. Why spend all the money in one place? And why didn't we as taxpayers get a vote on how this would be spent? Oh, I forgot -- when it comes to taxpayers, we have no say.
Leomie Young
Hephzibah
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Unfortunately Leomie, the say of the taxpayer seems to end at the polls. Government thrift is an oxymoron.
taxpayers recently paid for a $75,000 renovation (each unit) of the ghetto housing on broad and milledge. yes. now the inhabitants there can wash and dry laundry in the convenience of their own heavily rent subsidized homes!
good god almighty.
It has to be brought up to code and ADA standards, which means major renovations. Once you start ripping out walls and upgrading electrical wiring and building fire walls, you are talking enormous money. It's easy to spend $15,000 just to renovate a standard residential bathroom today and bring it up to code, let alone handicapped-assessible apartments. I was there in the 1990's and it was falling apart then.
Seems it would be more cost effective to bull doze the damn things and force the inhabitants to find other residence that ain't subsidized and put that money to better use. Oh, I forgot, the guv'munt TOKD them how they MUST spend it on social programs in the name of "fairness". You know, the same "fairness" that got us Freddie and Fannie.
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