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Hello, is anyone out there? Mesa holds a bond hearing and only 4 people show up. This either means that nobody cares, or that everyone is so disenfranchised that they don't think that it makes a difference if they show up.
We are talking upwards of $400 million in bonds with a potential secondary property tax involved. Is everyone okay with this? Does this have everything we need? If we build these roads, do we have the money to maintain them? If we expand these facilities, do we have the money to operate them?
I am not against the bonds, but the question is, where did the bonds come from? Is there no citizen committee out there to help raise the awareness on this? When they did the property tax, they had the "Financing the Future" committee out there talking about what they came up with and discussing the conclusions.
This time around we have the Mesa City spokesperson talking about how "surprised" she is that no one came? Gee, that sounds like a PROBLEM to me. And now, it looks like this thing is a done deal ready to go to the ballot.
They are looking for a November of 2008 vote for this, couldn't they spend a little more time trying to get public input instead of thinking "oh well, they had their chance."
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You hit it on the head, "everyone is so disenfranchised that they don't think that it makes a difference if they show up." This wasn't a "let's get your ideas to how it can be set up" meeting. This was a "we know more than you do and could care less about your input" meeting. There was no citizen committee, and they've tried to hide the fact that they will be backdating the bonds when they were approved. Funny how they are dropping this on the lap of the next council to deal with. It shows the lack of political will and spinelessness of the current council.
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