Posted by JDseller on September 25, 2011 at 07:21:52 from (208.126.196.144):
I was on a local board thats purpose was to attract new businesses to town. We had the usual tax abatements to try to attract businesses. I don't really like that approach but it is what it takes to even be considered.
We where in talks and meetings with a smaller company to move to the town. It would have been 20-30 new jobs that where paying 30-35k. That would have been a pretty good local job. This company was owned by one man. He was really interested in our location. He had told us we where one of two final picks. We received a letter about 60 days after the last meeting stating we where no longer in the running. Plus we would not be considered for any future locations.
What had happened???? Local idiot mayor and town council is what happened. They put a red light camera in at the ONE stop light in town. The business owner had came to a stop and then made a right turn to get to the business park where we had the last meeting. That tripped the camera. They ticketed him $125 dollars for running a red light. We raised enough cain that town police showed us the actual tape. The perspective owner HAD came to a complete stop and then made a legal right hand turn. The local IDIOT mayor and town cop would not do anything about the fine. They said that they had no control over the tickets. What???? That is BS. Just a way to milk an out of state car/person. That is all these things are. The ticket has no driving points just money!!!!
I called and talked to the guy personally. He told me that he really like the location better than where he ended up building. The problem to him was if the town was so desperate for money to fleece him on a bogus stop light ticket then they would raise the cost of services after he had built his plant. The sad thing is he was exactly right. The one company we did get to come has complained that the sewer and water bill has tripled in the last five years. The town raised the rate business pays but left the residential rate the same.
I am not longer on that board and will not be on any other. Any thing that deals with a politician is not in my future. They all are crooks even at the local level. NOT one of them can even think about spending LESS. So they just milk the people for more. The saddest part is most people don't even think that there is anything wrong.
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