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Commented: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 3:15 pm By: Linda

That so-called "stormwater utility" was always just a dishonest shell game to hide tax increases. For many decades, the city has been dealing with stormwater out of the regular city budget with tax money. This was hived off as a "utility" to cover up a tax increase some years ago. They kept the official tax rate the same, saying they were just adding a utility fee. As if voters could not see through that bullshit. Now they are playing similar dishonest games to hide another tax increase. After raising our city taxes a whopping ten percent last year, they are now back to their crooked shell game in an election year. Shame on you, Mayor Sadler.

Commented: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 2:40 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Breitbart says it is more about Gibson's lies than about the sex irself.
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Now that this is out in public, I can see it presenting a campaign problem. She has said she enjoys lots of sex and with various different men. She is an attractive woman, so how many men are going to be seeking to spend time with her after she asks for their vote, and if she rejects them will it cost her their vote?

One of the few things that Little Bobbie has correct is that Timmy needs to go.

Commented: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 1:11 pm By: John Steed

There are lots of shady things in the city's "stormwater utility", beginning with its revenues being used for other things in the budget than were set out in the resolution that created the "stormwater utility". This Frankenstein monster needs a major challenge, either administratively or in the courts.

One scam attached to it a couple of years ago was billing owners of multi-family properties at the commercial rate for their outbuildings and driveways, but not the house or apartment building. These properties already pay more than if the same building was single family because of dividing the billings and then imposing minimums. This unfair and unequal situtation is made even worse by then piling on with falsely calling the outbuidlings and driveway "commercial" which give them a higher rate and imposes yet another minimum. When the main building is not commercial, it is arbitrary and capricious to call the driveway and outbuildings "commerical". The city is blatantly ripping off property owners who fall into this category and they need to be held to account for this outright fraud.

This outrage even applies to a building that is zoned residential and occupied by a single family but on the tax records shows as "multi-family". It is not applied to residential property that is zoned commercial, or to residential property where people conduct business out of the homes. The whole system is arbitrary and capricious and ripe for a major challenge to bring it down.

There are also other ways in which the system as set up in Washington fails to comply with the state stature in ways that massively overcharge some and undercharge others. The system needs a challenge as it is arbitrary and capricious in many ways.

What is also needed is a very thorough accounting of what has been done with the money collected under it.

Commented: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 8:25 am By: Steven P. Rader

Timmy crossed the line because he gave out jobs, promotions, and pay raised to the side chick. in fact he is divorced so really that was it. While republicans clutch their pearls, Timmy still has a job.

Commented: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 9:16 pm By: Big Bob

Reality and what the socialist press tells us are two entirely different things.

Take a hard inquiring look at all government an public news articles. Most are simply not true. As one example, Most of he news from national Public Radio is simply wrong.

Commented: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 6:48 am By: Hood Richardson

I'm with Gary on this one. If her husband is fine with it and they are all consensual adults (no children), then who cares. What you do in private is your business as long as your not forcing it on me. I think we have ALOT more important other stuff to be concerned with.

Commented: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 9:40 pm By: PK

Don't people look at gas prices? I saw 3 or 4 cars this morning at the gas pumps Speedway near Wal-mart at lunchtime today, paying 30 cents per gallon more than the Murphy station just across the intersection. What fools.

Quit using Speedway when I found out they were the ones always raising gas prices, and not by just a few cents, but regularly by double digits. Scamway is indeed a good name for them.

Commented: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 2:40 pm By: borderhawk

What if the "sexual habits" of a politician were pedophilia or rape? Running around on a spouse even with the spouse's knowledge means a politician is not going to be faithful to their constituents either. If this is how she is raising funds for her campaign, somebody needs to take a good hard look at her campaign financial reports, too.

Commented: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 1:44 pm By: John Steed

I still don't care about the sexual habits of people and I think its a distraction from real issues like government overreach, suppression of religious rights, CRT being taught in schools, drag story hour for kids, increasing utility fees to cover up for utility rate increases in election years. If her husband is okay with her sleeping with 20 other guys in a day, that's their business. Nothing illegal about it. So non-issue for me is all I'm saying. Conservatives do ourselves a better service when we attack on issues.

Commented: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 12:03 pm By: Gary Ceres

When you grew up, blacks were not allowed to attend the same school as you. So save it.

Commented: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 11:36 am By: Big Bob