Sarasota Livin'

This is a horrible deal for the City of Sarasota residents. Basically 50 million of the 250 million is from us the City tax payers but the city has no say on how the money is spent and there are no guarantees the money will be spent within the city. I think 200 million for this effort is sufficient and the 50 million from the city taxpayers should stay in the city's control which is our control as neighborhoods.

We always complain things do not get done, like our Payne Park which is incomplete and the neighborhoods wish it to be done. Why not use some of that money for our own land within the city. This is something the CCNA should be fighting desperately for our commissioners to speak about and fight to keep the money in the city boundaries. Otherwise I think people should stop complaining that the city does not do enough when we are willing to give money to outside sources.

Look at your taxes and see how much already goes to the county, the school, the hospital and the city. I have one tax bill that I pay 3,616.97 and the portion that goes to the city is $616.00. Think of what we could do with the additional funds staying in Sarasota? Think of all the land that can be preserved within our city? This needs some serious debating before people in the city support this.