Pasco News

Double Dipping - Enough is enough and people need jobs.

But raise fees, tax us for using our parks

It's time for our county employees/commissioners to make a decision. Either stay employed at your current rate and end your retirement benefits or resign your position. We can't afford to pay you twice when others are losing their jobs. We also need some visionary commissioners. Westley Chapel was suppose to be the Gateway to Pasco. Not even close. So I'd guess the next thing is to follow our presidential leader and just spend more money out there.

People are being let go for budget cuts and some persons employed by the county are getting pension pay and regular pay. The county should start there!

What could possibily be wrong with bringing a multi-sports complex to Hudson, with minimun cost to the county. We tried to get the county to at least consider our plan for the additional land adjacent to Engle Park. We were not asking for any money but the permission to begin moving dirt and coming up with a plan. We agreed to an RFP to go out. But the county with all it's wisdom were to busy to consider it. I"m tired of the county letting residential developers get whatever they want in Hudson area but when a good project comes along, nothing.

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Tax the People in Pasco to use parks

Here we go again, 4 of our 5 county commissioners want to either raise park taxes or create new ones. They say they just don't have the money to take care of the parks. However, at the last county meeting (Sept 21) the were told about how many bosses we have on the maintenance department and there is almost as many as workers. Perhaps they need to get out of the truck and do some real work. Jack Mariano was the only commission who came up with another way to fund the parks and all the rest did was disagree. Micheal Cox went as far as to tell Jack Mariano that he was "showboating". Micheal was the commissioner who also said a tourist in Pasco is anyone who comes from out side our county and buys something, when he was insisting on the sportsplex be on SR54.

I thought the sports complex was going to bring millions to the county. Why can't that money fund the Parks and Recreation. Not raise fees/taxes for our children to particpate in sport activities. Guess Micheal would rather they roam the streets.