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SURPRISE, SURPRISE!

By JAABLOG

The County Commission is building you a new courthouse!Just a few minutes ago they approved a new $328 million structure with NON-VOTED DEBT, by a 6-3 vote.  Your property taxes are going up, ladies and gentlemen!This one appeared to be a very close vote up to the last Commissioner's speech, Commissioner Wasserman-Rubin.  After she voted "yes", Commissioner Jones switched his position, making it 6-3, instead of 5-4.  We asked him why afterward, and he basically said there was no point in going against the flow, since it was going to pass anyway.As we told you before, this one was a done deal a long time ago.  The only surprising thing was how close it ended up being.Not surprising is that Wasserman-Rubin didn't recuse herself from the vote, or that she voted yes...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on February 02, 2010 (boomark / email).