JOSH LAUBACH
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Topic: JOSH LAUBACH
Posted By: Vivian Moon
Subject: JOSH LAUBACH
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 4:16am
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I do hope you all watch the rerun of last night’s council meeting. During council members comments, Josh Laubach, chairman of the the finance subcommittee, stated that if everything remains the same at City Hall we will be upside down and broke by 2016. He also spoke about our Moody downgrade because of our debt load. 
The spending spree on “Their Downtown” must stop. |
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Posted By: LMAO
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 12:40pm
| Since I dropped TW I can't get the council meetings.Can someone point me to a site that I may view them at? |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 12:51pm
I just punch in TV Middletown on the office computer using Roadrunner through TW. ------------- I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over. |
LMAO wrote:Posted By: Stanky
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 1:49pm
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Time for the city to tell their downtown friends that enough has been done, the gravy train is over, there is no more money to throw around. No one can blame them for lack of trying. Next step would be to prepare for hard negotiations with police/fire about not only wages but long term pension obligations, whenever the current contract is up. I don't care what "other communities do" -- THIS community needs to trim somewhere. And when the union thugs show up at the council meetings I would wave bye bye and say have a nice day. |
Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 2:16pm
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Correct stanky There is no one left to bleed Revenue is not keeping up with expenses anywhere Most pension plans are seriously under-funded everywhere-particularly in the public sector. All fixes for all things are incredibly expensive But when you mention these realities, you are viewed as negative and a downer. Maybe I have been a private sector business owner for too long, and there are far too few of us little guys left. The system is so far out of whack IMO, that you can't get anyone in authority to even talk sensibly about it any more. Just look at Council, senate, congress and the Obama administration + what they have up-coming in the next few weeks.... Hey--at least we have Art and the Bash! |
Posted By: LMAO
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 3:37pm
I still like to have Manchester.Wonder if the city would give me 300k to start my dream?  |
Posted By: over the hill
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 4:23pm
LMAO: Why don't you go ask them, can't hurt,right? 
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Posted By: Richard Saunders
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 5:39pm
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Posted By: LMAO
Date Posted: Aug 07 2013 at 10:33pm
Mr.Saunders I can assure you I'm not one of them.I much rather be there worst night mare. I have racked my brain trying to figure out why give a building away then give money to "Stabilize" it? Shouldn't It be,We want this much for the property then the buyer would say,it needs work done on it so the buyer gives a lower price? |
Posted By: Vivian Moon
Date Posted: Aug 08 2013 at 9:39am
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LMAO |
Posted By: LMAO
Date Posted: Aug 08 2013 at 12:59pm
Well hell,Ms Vivian can you look at that crystal ball again and see if your mistaken that its me instead of Mr.Coon standing on top of the Manchester? I would gladly take the Manchester off the cities hand if they give me 300k to "Stabilize" it. My plan would bring what are city leaders want,more people downtown. I'd even take the building behind it,(City building) but I'd have to have another 300k to have it fumigated. |