"mmm let's see how should we squander these $Millions?"
From the Texas State Comptroller's office:
Laredo's January,2012 sales & use tax allocation & comparison summary
Jan,2011 Jan,2012 change
$2,973,111 $2,613,188 13.77 increase
Comptroller Susan Combs added that, statewide, sales and use revenues have increased for the 21st consecutive month.
I can almost see the seedy council & mayor salivating with anticipation of how to spend these millions of taxpayer's hard-earned money. Is there some sort of immunization shot for that kind of foaming at the mouth?
Next big ticket item will be a new convention center as soon as LISD buy the old Civic Center.
ReplyDeletenothing but big ticket items it seems!
ReplyDeleteMaximiliano
How about spending money on printing tickets and hiring a code inspector to make sure people clean up their properties? Discarded LLantas..$35 per... llerbas...$35...junked cars...etc...tICKET!
ReplyDeleteUH OH, Max, recheck the numbers...you have 2012 down from 2011. If the decline is correct, that is more in tune with what retailers have said nationally.
ReplyDeleteOOPs my mistake! 2011 was 2.6M and 2011 was 2.9 M. There has definitely been an increase according to Comptroller Combs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing that out Tom. You know our city leaders will find something to do with the big bucks!