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CCU – OUTSTANDING DEBT OBLIGATIONS OF $155 MILLION
CCU has outstanding debt obligations of $155 million, including $149 million in revenue bonds and $12.2 million in loans and other debt as of September 30, 2014 Full 2015 KPMG audit of CCU http://www.charlottefl.com/…/KPMG-Final-Report-CCU-Audit.pdf
read moreAPPROXIMATELY $150,000,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OVER FIVE YEARS
CCU’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) identifies approximately $150 million in capital improvements over five years between FY2015 and FY2019. Exhibit 2.12 presents the 5 year CIP showing $90 million budgeted for FY2015. The CIP also includes projects for rehabilitation and replacement (R&R) of aging and inferior infrastructure that has been attributed to facilities acquired from private utilities. Approximately $46 million of R&R funds have been budgeted for projects in the 5 year CIP. Full 2015 KPMG audit of CCU...
read moreBayshore Live Oak Park is one of Charlotte County’s “premier parks”.
While investigating the Canoe Launch, we checked out the lack of maintenance and vandalism at the public restrooms nearest the Canoe Launch. Bayshore Live Oak Park is one of Charlotte County’s “premier parks”, as they call it. It seems to us that the park’s maintenance needs more attention.
read moreFree Speech for Thee, Not for We, the People
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest column the Sun Newspapers refused to print, even though they requested it. Our source tells us, “in fairness, they said it was too late”. However, the terms of the Western Michigan University deal are still unknown and the cost to taxpayers can’t be determined since the county government refuses to reveal any documents. We here at SBG think the Sun refused to print the column because of how it makes them look as protectors of this big spending county government. What say you...
read more$750,000 OF HUD GRANT BLOOD MONEY!
NO RESPONSE FROM COMMISSION Editor: Judas’ 30 pieces of silver betrayal of Jesus is reminiscent of the current betrayal of Charlotte County citizens by commissioners and bureaucrats via their obsession for $750,000 of HUD grant blood money. New HUD regulation, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, allows HUD to easily force change (using any statistics it chooses) on American populations HUD declares are not “free from discrimination” and where “disparities in access to opportunity, disproportionate housing needs and patterns of integration...
read moreBEIRUT BATHROOM BUNGLE!
BEIRUT BATHROOM BUNGLE! FAILED COUNTY PROJECT! CHARLOTTE COUNTY PROJECT MANAGER GETS PROMOTED! An anonymous contributor submitted the following: Background information: For a period of time Charlotte County Government employed Andy Stevens in two positions. First, he was in charge of the Parks and Natural Resources Division (the name has changed from time to time). For some reason the department ended up without a director for a period of time, so Stevens ended up as acting director of Charlotte County Community Services until Tommy Scott was...
read moreCCU RISK AREA ASSESSMENT
CCU RISK AREA ASSESSMENT FROM 2015 AUDIT NOTE ALL THE HIGH RISK BOXES MARKED IN RED. Full 2015 KPMG audit http://www.charlottefl.com/…/KPMG-Final-Report-CCU-Audit.pdf
read moreKPMG AUDIT – $376,000,000 INCREASE IN SPENDING!
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE 2015 KPMG AUDIT OF CCU. YOUR WATER AND SEWER RATES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE TO FUND $376,000,000 IN SPENDING. CHARLOTTE COUNTY RESIDENTS ALREADY HAVE THE THIRD OR FOURTH HIGHEST WATER AND SEWER RATES IN FLORIDA. __________________________________________________________ CCU’s funding strategy beyond 2015 includes future CUSTOMER RATE INCREASES to allow the funding of the CIP projects. Recognizing the needs and importance related to...
read moreCOUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RAY SANDROCK HAS SAME CORRUPT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AS FIRED TOM PATTON…ONLY BETTER!
If the County Administrator performs poorly, as he has, he cannot be terminated with cause. He has to be “flagrant” in neglecting his job. That’s one of those words that lawyers love to have on their side. In the real world, if we simply “neglect” our work, we get fired. Period. No 26 weeks pay severance package and 26 weeks of paid health insurance plus vacation days, sick days, personal days, etc. etc. ad nauseam.
read moreCHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GET SCHOOLED!
Watch a True American School the Charlotte County Commissioners on Individual Liberty and Economic Freedom.
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