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Municide of the Day: Ann Arbor, MI – Layoff Firefighters, Buy $850,000 “Art” work

01:29 by Administrator. Filed under: Whatever

by John Galt

July 23, 2010

Ann Arbor, Michigan is spending $850,000 for some art.

What does that have to do with a city dying, municipal bond default, or taxpayer revolt?

Read this article in its entirety:

The Art of the Ann Arbor City Budget

Then draw your own conclusions.

This excellent article by Tom Gantert from Michigan Capitol Confidential speaks volumes about the mentality of numerous civil servants and abusive imperial acting bureaucrats who think they are beyond the supervision of the citizens nor have any obligation to observe the ideals of common sense and saving the citizen’s tax dollars for a future, yet undefined critical need. This is how Vallejo, CA went bankrupt. This is how Harrisburg, PA is teetering on the edge of Chapter 9 bankruptcy. This is how Jefferson County, AL will soon vote on the option of Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

Excerpts  like this illustrate the arrogance of these individuals:

Fraser noted that the public art dollars did not come from the city’s general fund, which is used to pay salaries and benefits, and that less than $6,000 of the art money came from the general fund.

The art projects also must have a “thematic connection” to the source of funding, Fraser wrote. The $850,000 art project is water-themed, because the money came from storm water funds.

So as long as the “theme” relates to the funding allocation it is within their purview to allow critical employees like fire fighters, solid waste management personnel, or other public safety items to be laid off or neglected so they can satisfy their own glorified goals to build monuments to their stupidity. That is why I maintain that the upcoming secondary downdraft in the nation’s economy, the parallel of sorts to the 1931-1934 secondary decline during the Great Depression, will bring this nation to ruin. There is neither the character of our public officials nor desire to avoid corruption of our souls which will prevent the most drastic of results as this economic downturn accelerates during the next twenty-four months.

Municide will become a common public term referring to bankruptcy and mismanagement and cities like Ann Arbor, MI deserve any of my help as they abuse their own citizens. With examples like this in plentiful display from sea to shining sea, including my home town of Sarasota, FL, the Federal government will have to become the largess of last resort so these career politicians can continue to pillage and spend like drunken Pelosi staffers. Otherwise Chapter 9 Bankruptcy will become a virus spreading far and wide engulfing tens of billions of dollars in municipal bonds and destroying the pension system as we know it in our nation.

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