Comments on: Council Member Does Not Want $1.4 Million Loan, Heated Discussion Erupts http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/council-member-does-not-want-14-million-loan-heated-discussion-erupts Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Bishop http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/council-member-does-not-want-14-million-loan-heated-discussion-erupts/comment-page-1#comment-2403 John Bishop Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:12:54 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=4334#comment-2403 It's nice to see someone in government actually acting responsibly and showing restraint when it comes to budgets and spending. If our Federal Government would take a lesson from Mrs. Brooks, perhaps our national economy and finances wouldn't be in such trouble now. It makes sense to refrain from taking a $1.4 million dollar loan when you are already living beyond your means (in the case running a deficit). Considering the rough times we as a country have recently begun experiencing, the fact that they are expected to get worse, and that most economists are predicting that it will be years before our economy recovers to the level it was at 8 years ago, we need to focus on being fiscally responsible. Giving all of your city employees raises, followed by yearly bonuses, spending $161,000.00 more than city makes, and they turned around and tried to borrow $1.4 MILLION dollars and some of them got upset when someone pointed out that it was a bad idea?! Do our city officials realize what's going on in this country and how many people are losing their jobs, facing foreclosures, how many businesses are going under and that businesses, cities, states, even the federal government are in dire straits right now? It’s nice to see someone in government actually acting responsibly and showing restraint when it comes to budgets and spending. If our Federal Government would take a lesson from Mrs. Brooks, perhaps our national economy and finances wouldn’t be in such trouble now. It makes sense to refrain from taking a $1.4 million dollar loan when you are already living beyond your means (in the case running a deficit).

Considering the rough times we as a country have recently begun experiencing, the fact that they are expected to get worse, and that most economists are predicting that it will be years before our economy recovers to the level it was at 8 years ago, we need to focus on being fiscally responsible. Giving all of your city employees raises, followed by yearly bonuses, spending $161,000.00 more than city makes, and they turned around and tried to borrow $1.4 MILLION dollars and some of them got upset when someone pointed out that it was a bad idea?! Do our city officials realize what’s going on in this country and how many people are losing their jobs, facing foreclosures, how many businesses are going under and that businesses, cities, states, even the federal government are in dire straits right now?

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