By: Diane Benjamin
Below are the points I find interesting. You can read the entire report here: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=21&parent=8106
BCPA:
That’s 218 people per event! (Hint: if you don’t want facts distorted, frame them differently)
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Police:
Another problem that’s been discussed for years! Page 15
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Zoo – Page 24
Revenue from admissions was up 13.3% for the current fiscal year. Last year, the revenue from admissions broke the all-time record for the Zoo in a fiscal year. This represents the fourth consecutive year the all-time attendance revenue record was broken. Attendance was down 3.3% for the current fiscal year compared to last year’s attendance. A 4% amusement tax began on 1 August 2014. The tax is included in this amount. Admission prices were raised on 1 January 2015.
When the entire paragraph is read, the first two lines take on a totally different meaning!
Page 25:
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Interesting information from the Water Department: Page 31
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Here’s how tax receipts are going: Page 33
Library visitors and circulation
continue to decline. Plans to add on continue however. Page 43
I’m not an expert in economics but it seems with all the increases in fees and taxes which raise the cost of living, “inflation” is being “created” locally.
They all get raises, the rest of us get peanuts.
Yep, they salt us and then roast us.