naturegirl
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ShoeDiva said:naturegirl said:unionmom said:Not to nit-pick but ... regardless of the feelings of the people as they cast their votes, Paulding County didn't for or against having an airport. The votes were about funding it. I do understand that there were people that voted against funding it because they did not want it but that's not the same thing.
(not being argumentative ... I just like facts)
You ask those people and they will tell you they voted "against the airport". Yes the ballot was for bonds to fund the airport, but that's not how they saw it. We were told it wasn't going to cost a dime for the taxpayers. We knew better, the county has already spent over 3.5 million dollars on this airport since it was built without the 3.6 million more they want now. This was testimony at the bond hearing on December 2 from Tabitha, the finance director of Paulding County.
So yes they voted against funding it but the taxpayers have been funding it since they first broke ground. That was their first broken promise.
That is some of the reason I lean more towards having some kind of money being made there. We have it, it has been underutilized, yet we fund it. Is there any other project or suggestion that has been put forth to the BOC that would be better for Paulding?
Not that I'm aware of. The promise of 100s of jobs by just building this airport has never been a reality. Silver Comet Terminal Partners, LLC is a start up company with no financial data to back them up. Basically it's a hedge fund, driven by profits. If there are no profits, they can walk away with no responsibility to the taxpayers. They are not subject to open records requests, they will not be subject to oversight by citizens, auditors, ethics or legislators.
http://www.24thstate.com/2013/03/publicprivate-partnerships-are-bad-for-taxpayers.html
The movie studio is a perfect example, it's bleeding to the tune of over $30,000 per month yet the "company" is guaranteed a minimum of $20,000 per month.