[quote=bearishgurl][quote=SK in CV]. . . The problem seems not to be the design of the MR laws, but rather abuse of the process. Should be a warning to us all, pay attention to the political process and get people elected who will make wise financial decisions and vote those who haven’t out of office.[/quote]
Good advice, SK. I’ve been saying the same thing on this forum for years. There seem to be a LOT of disenchanted people (primarily with how all levels of gubment are run) who appear to be completely ignorant of the process and/or don’t want to take time to get involved.
The letters Pigg ER is writing and the (press and elected official?) contacts he has made appear to have been a positive start. Even though fairly new to SD county, he seems to be quite eloquent in his posts and so is likely the same in person 🙂
I was very active in local politics for years but I’ve long ago run out of energy for this sort of thing :=0[/quote]
BG,
Yes, that is me posting on the various blogs and comments section of KPBS and other websites. Thanks for the kind words. I’ve written letters and emails to various officials as well as asking some media to investigate the matter further. It’s good to see some taking an interest in the matter but I really think it will take more of a national spotlight to shine on this potential fraud and abuse of our tax dollars.
Just like the PUSD made national headlines for the Capital Appreciation Bond shenanigans, I firmly believe that we need a national spotlight to shine on these various districts about the use of CFD funds and also the oversight of such funds.
You know, San Diego is one of those wonderful cities from many aspects but it’s just a shame we get such poor publicly elected officials here. A big part of it is I think that locals just don’t care too much about these issues. As well, many people are coming and going all the time through San Diego and these people don’t seem to care either.
Also, there is such a mentality and acceptance for fraud and abuse that elected officials just believe they can get away with continuing down the same path. It’s both our OBLIGATION and responsibility to make them fully accountable.
Those officials that can’t follow the laws and do what’s proper, ethical and correct need to get their asses booted out of office and future officials need to see that WE taxpayers won’t stand for this nonsense.
We really need a “back to basics” sense of common sense oversight of our tax dollars and getting a better accounting of how they are used. In this day and age and power of the Internet, we really have the power to hold publicly elected officials to task for misusing our tax dollars.
It’s going to take more people getting outraged, more people wanting to take an active interest in not getting screwed (and their kids and their kid’s kids from getting screwed) and more cooperation from the media and press to shine a light on this fraud and abuse and misuse of OUR tax dollars.
