tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post2516101139808237320..comments2023-11-05T04:34:10.303-05:00Comments on The Naked City: Foxx's 3 C's - including consolidationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-51923391640217331872010-12-09T16:11:22.059-05:002010-12-09T16:11:22.059-05:00We probably have a good credit rating because of t...We probably have a good credit rating because of the mandatory balanced budgets. Not because of a political party.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03174184676822635473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-29462025435955329822010-12-09T11:03:56.353-05:002010-12-09T11:03:56.353-05:00"If Foxx can streamline city/county govt, hel..."If Foxx can streamline city/county govt, hell have my vote next election. Lower taxes, less govt."<br /><br />I completely agree. Let's have all Republicans volunteer double duty to work in the police and fire departments. Then let's have the Tea Party folks work Xmas eve on the sanitation trucks.<br /><br />I will be there to take pictures of the whole things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-59832824078808735042010-12-09T06:18:52.846-05:002010-12-09T06:18:52.846-05:00Yes let's do what we did to the Schools and Po...Yes let's do what we did to the Schools and Police to our total government, consolidate.<br /><br />We only have to look at our track record to the service we get from these two to see the future we will get from this new consolidated government.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977808657926308272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-32436283611364548722010-12-08T23:17:17.446-05:002010-12-08T23:17:17.446-05:00Then thank a Republican! Charlotte's one of t...Then thank a Republican! Charlotte's one of the few urban areas to has had a Republican mayor for an extended period of time. As you would of course know, credit scores and municipal ratings primarily look backwards. On the other hand, the state had been under Democratic control for something like, oh, a hundred years or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-50187794055176178072010-12-08T17:52:08.731-05:002010-12-08T17:52:08.731-05:00"Other parts of this state are hurting far wo..."Other parts of this state are hurting far worse than Charlotte, but we have new stuff and need more."<br /><br />Wow, so it's ok to take tax revenues that the State collects *on behalf* of Charlotte because the State has mis-managed its own budget? Charlotte is one of the very few cities in the U.S. that has an AAA bond rating from all three rating agencies. That's the equivalent of having an 850 FICO credit score. It's because the City manages its expenses well relative to its revenue. To take rightful revenue away from a well-managed city to give to a poorly managed State government seems to border on theft to me. It's like my credit card company taking any surplus I paid to pay the credit card expenses of their deadbeats instead of sending it back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-42631747936902080462010-12-08T14:49:22.271-05:002010-12-08T14:49:22.271-05:00p"C" STANDS FOR CONSERVATIVE.
Any other...p"C" STANDS FOR CONSERVATIVE.<br /><br />Any other use of "C" is CONFUSING!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-10600106241130513552010-12-08T10:41:33.830-05:002010-12-08T10:41:33.830-05:00LAC,
Indeed - Foxx's worldview is that of the...LAC,<br /><br />Indeed - Foxx's worldview is that of the masses laboring for the glory of government.<br /><br />The more appropriate image would have been a train station rather than a cathedral.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-71500425919682110962010-12-08T10:05:16.752-05:002010-12-08T10:05:16.752-05:00Its scary to think of comparing government to a ca...Its scary to think of comparing government to a cathedral? A Cathedral is an over priced highly ornamented "palace" built for a Bishop as his place to over see the people. <br /><br />It is probably a pretty good comparison.LACnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-79287939747832125232010-12-08T09:23:30.239-05:002010-12-08T09:23:30.239-05:00"The city in the coming year should focus on ..."The city in the coming year should focus on what he called the 3 C's: Consolidation,Collaboration (i.e. regionally) and Children."<br /><br />Thank you Mayor Foxx for creating a clear vision and "strategy" for streamlining the dysfunctional regional governments (Consolidation), which will allow people to use (collaboration) tools that allow work to take place anytime anywhere. Collaboration make good business sense. Groups can accomplish more than individuals.<br /><br />Thank you Mayor Foxx for including our children in your "strategy" by allowing discussions to take place that will allow alternatives such as Charter Schools to improve the education of our children.<br /><br />In the 21st Century we need leadership that will adapt to the changing environment. YES WE CAN.Robert Kornegaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-11220303857031992642010-12-08T08:27:35.440-05:002010-12-08T08:27:35.440-05:00The State has promised to match the County as the ...The State has promised to match the County as the combined local match to secure Federal New Starts funding for the Blue Line Extension. Now that the City is committed to filling the gap on a 20% cheaper project, the State better still come through on 25% of the reduced cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-12877795929831667162010-12-07T18:54:37.588-05:002010-12-07T18:54:37.588-05:00If Foxx can streamline city/county govt, hell have...If Foxx can streamline city/county govt, hell have my vote next election. Lower taxes, less govt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-21231982612879603192010-12-07T17:51:11.592-05:002010-12-07T17:51:11.592-05:00He forgot a C -- contracting out. Without that, we...He forgot a C -- contracting out. Without that, we'll need yet another C -- crap.JAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093146842739423564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-4902427755037076772010-12-07T17:15:44.288-05:002010-12-07T17:15:44.288-05:00"And we desperately hope you (the legislature..."And we desperately hope you (the legislature) won't take any of our money."<br /><br />And there it is. The creed of Charlotte's "liberals" as they like to think of themselves. Other parts of this state are hurting far worse than Charlotte, but we have new stuff and need more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com