Occupation: Sick
Been sick with what some people call the flu all week. Not that I get a flu shot anyway, but geez, isn’t it a tad bit early?
In any case, I am so into all this Occupy everything that I am missing out on regular type news. Facebook is a drug. Good thing we have it, though, because otherwise no one would know what was going on.
But when I talk about the regular stuff, I mean news like this:
Before voting to file for bankruptcy, a narrow majority of the City Council had voted twice to reject a state takeover plan. The council members said the plan would have brought only temporary debt relief while sparing creditors and forfeiting the city’s fiscal future.
“We would have to sell our revenue-generating assets — parking garages and meters — to pay off our creditors, who we believe have not made a significant contribution to a global solution,” said Brad Koplinski, the council member who introduced the bankruptcy measure.
Without those revenue sources, he added, “we would be structurally bankrupt and have to file for bankruptcy in three to five years anyway.”
The mayor called on the council to rescind its action and added that she would continue working to implement a plan to lease the city’s parking garages and meters and restructure its debt outside of bankruptcy.
Um, I know what would help a lot. If all y’all people had STOOD UP to the STATE government and INSISTED on taxing MARCELLUS FREAKING SHALE…… maybe all the funding wouldn’t have dried up…. just sayin’…. That Two Republicans are sponsoring a bill to do just that is beyond my comprehension.
WTF, Dems?
Moi ;) on October 13th, 2011 | File Under Assholes, Economy, Guvmint, News, Politics | Comments Off -





