This is the hottest month of the year and true to
form, public agencies and the city council are busy trying to put something over the
public. The most frustrating issue is the attempt to the city council/ Nueces County to go
around the negative vote of the public last year on the county bond proposal. The vote was
54-46, but that does not deter the public officials who want the proposals built anyway.
The excuse is that the public voted against a tax to pay for these and not the issues
themselves. Are they kidding themselves? Must be.
The city is planning to start a tax increment finance district which
in theory will collect enough money through development resulting from the dredging of
Packery Channel to pay for the channel. Again, they must be kidding themselves. They try
to tell us that the general public will not have to pay anything, that growth alone will
pay the cost. If you believe that, remember the Columbus Ships and the Aquarium. We are
paying for both in spite of a tax increment district downtown which was supposed to take
care of the debts.
Please plan to attend the public hearing on August 29 even though it
is a farce. The city council plans to pass the thing right after the public has had their
say. In other words, they do NOT plan to listen to what you think. They listen only to the
developers, bankers, insurance people, realtors and others who will profit from this
channel. No concern for the negative aspects of the project, let alone our vote last
summer has surfaced so far.
The Corpus
Christi Experiment VX Nerve Agent Disposal by Bill Alling
