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Is there enough money to go around? Is there enough money to go around? CYNTHIA
BLACK In the past year Oconee County has been spending money frivolously. ...
... Without cash to go around, money became scarce. This led to unemployment due to
there not being enough money for people to buy goods and in turn lead to ...
... a huge negative impact on students and there is no ... are in disrepair and don’t have
enough money to renovate ... You can’t just go around and take people to ...
... are not enough housing properties to go around providing all ... Negative Gearing Currently
there are problems ... home buyers wouldn’t have enough money to repay ...
... That is all there is to it! ... “Greed is the root of all evil.” People need money to
live, and enough to buy the basic goods one needs to survive, but ...
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Is there enough money to go around?
CYNTHIA BLACK
In the past year Oconee County has been spending money frivolously. Each town within the county has installed new traffic lights with walk/no walk signs. This installation included putting sensors in the road to "tell" the lights when to change. Walhalla has installed a new public restroom. Seneca installed a rock wall introduction to town at a cost of $90,000. There is even talk of a new median in the center of downtown Walhalla. This median not only means more money being spent for tourism, but also a burden on the citizens of this town trying to get around. Although these are city expenditures, the county and city need to learn to work together to use the money more wisely. In March of 2004 the county hired a team of professionals to work up a master plan for infrastructure. In the Technical Support Sewer Document #4 it was stated, "Presently the county lacks both institutional and funding mechanisms for significant infrastructure development. Cities and County do not work together to address infrastructure needs." The mission statement for Oconee County states that "the county will support economic and employment base. Oconee County will provide adequate infrastructure including roads, water, sewer, and solid waste." There has been no indication that the county is following their mission since this report was published.
While the County is spending this money, plants are closing and putting citizens out of work. One of these employers was Dunlop Corporation. The company sold out and put over 350 people out of work. I personally had to go through a plant closing. I had worked for this employer for over 5 years. The owner decided he would make more money by selling the company off. The new owner took the operations to Connecticut and overseas. Over 50 employees were left unemployed. Yet, the county is more concerned with setting up the towns for tourism than...
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