Things That Make You Go, "Hmm?"
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04/09/2022
"And started yelling through a megaphone,
"There's corruption on the highest floor"
-Neil Young, Sun Green
16/05/2022
Link to my books in the comments
05/05/2022
THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES....
How are your hard-earned tax dollars being spent???
Vilas Metropolitan Recreation District 2015-2021
$115,000 of your tax dollars were collected:
Only $15,000 of your money was spent on recreation:
• $4,000 was used for assistance with kid’s swimming, dance, basketball, football, etc...
• $3,000 was used for seated board members’ family members’ recreational activities
• $4,500 was used for Vilas Days food (only a few hours, once a year)
• $3,500 was used for Vilas Days t-shirts (only a few hours, once a year)
Records indicate $75,000 was spent to maintain your building that was only rented 45 times in 7 years, resulting in a $1,667 cost per use to you, to maintain your building:
• $15,000 building maintenance
• $17,000 insurance
• $35,000 utilities
• $8,000 on administrative expenses
$27,500 in compensation to seated board members, seated board family members, and seated board members’ businesses:
• $1,500 for Christmas parties for the board of directors
• $17,000 for contract bookkeeping and maintenance
• $6,000 to businesses owned by seated board members or their families
• $3,000 for seated board members’ family members’ recreation (as stated above)
SHOULDN’T YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BENEFIT MORE FROM YOUR OWN HARD-EARNED MONEY BEING SPENT BY THOSE ELECTED TO SERVE YOU?
We are entering an age of activism that may shift our assumptions about the unchecked power we've given to longstanding organizations.
1 year of videos- 4195 supporters and viewers...
It is time to create the changes you've requested that are necessary for peace, honesty, ethics, integrity, trust, and transparency in your local community.
The facts support your demand for improved accountability, responsibility, and direct communication from your local leaders, especially where your hard-earned dollars are concerned.
You decide.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
24/02/2022
If, over the next 7 years, you could spend $155,589.31 again, enjoying yourself differently than you did for the past 7 years, would you?
What might your "do over" look like?