The Daily Plunge

It took a while but the city of Sarasota has finally settled on electing two new commissioners. I guess I’m not surprised that the two worst choices are on their way to wrecking havoc on the city. There will not be any change coming from pedestrian utopianist Suzaane Atwell or the closet Democrat Terry Turner. This election just goes to show that the gears of bureaucracy are firmly entrenched in Sarasota. If you get endorsed by the Seirra Club, talk about Smart Growth, and promises to support diversity (whatever that means) there’s a good chance you can get elected.
The city of Sarasota will be looking for new ways to gouge the citizens. Atwell says she doesn’t want to raise taxes or fees, but it’s time to install parking meters.

There are “missed opportunities” happening right under our noses. Parking meters are the first and easiest thing that comes to mind for me. This is a way to create additional revenue by placing them in high traffic zones in the city. They won’t curb downtown’s appeal and the funds raised from the meters, could be utilized toward downtown improvements.

The only “missed opportunity” is the fact that Sarasota won’t see real change. I guess in Atwell’s version of the world parking meters take pototo chips. The ones I’ve seen take coins. I live downtown and that would mean “increased fees” for me. Instead of finding ways of reducing costs Atwell will try to raise more money for the band of idiot commissioners to waste. One way to free up more money would be to quit authorizing costly feasibility studies.
Then there’s Terry Turner. As we all know Turner is a closet democrat. His first act as commissioner should be to fix his voter registration. Of course Turner was endorsed by most of the established city commissioners.

He [Turner] was also endorsed by Clapp and received a campaign contribution from Kirschner. Both Clapp and Kirschner were elected on slow growth platforms and voted against two recent developments: Whitaker Bayou and the Proscenium, just north of downtown.

Ah, endorsed by Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Is it any wonder Turner was elected? I’ve received numerous items in the mail defending Turner from “unfair attacks.” Pointing out facts about a person is considered unfair in Sarasota. Turner says it is unfair to portray him as being opposed to all growth. I guess every man has his price. I haven’t talked to one person the past six months that’s happy with the direction of the city. The waste and incompetence of these people is staggering; however, until the city limits change the same idiots with different names will be calling the shots. All over the country these slow growth politicians are sucking the citizens dry under the flag of smart growth. Propaganda works.