I wasn’t going to write a blog about our city finances since it is well know about how we came from a deficit of some $2, 000,000.00 back in 1993 to financial solvent city since the year 2000 with funds being place in reserve each year for the rainy day. However since we have an individual who doesn’t even live in our city questioning every financial transaction, making some far fetch claims about our financial well being ,I felt I needed to respond with the truth. We have had a balanced budget each year since the 2000 Fiscal Year thanks to the hard work by our city staff in being good stewards of the public’s money while finding new sources of revenue without raising taxes. The city of Beaumont has no debt on its public facilities. When we needed improvements we paid CASH. We bought the old school site instead of building new buildings. We build a 23 acre Sports Park with volunteer help and some work contracted out over a span of 10 years. I and Council Fox planned out the fields on the back of a Pizza Box after a Little League game. This facility is one of the nicest in the county and is in constant use. We have one of the best Police Departments in the County. We have Paramedics on all our Fire Engines. We provide a low cost after school program for our children. We have provided funds to rehabilitate our library. Most of the improvements at the Noble Creek Park are a result of a unique agreement with that agency to pass through our redevelop funds to fund much needed improvements to this facility. The concerts in the Park are a Class Act with Top Name Performers. Anyone who has lived in Beaumont for over 20 years has seen the well managed growth and the changes made to accommodate it.
No we are not perfect and we do sometimes make mistakes as anyone does. Show me a person who never made a mistake and I will show you an individual who not achieve goals in their life. That being said our city staff has opened up their records for anyone to review as required by law. We actually go above and beyond and put our Budget, Our Employee MOU’s, Ordinances etc, on our website. We cannot put everything as it would be cost prohibitive. An audit is done each year by a Certified Public Accountant Firm.
If a member of the public or a citizen of Beaumont has a question about our city finances, I would suggest that they contact the city manger first for an explanation. If they don’t like the answer they are welcomed to come to the city council meeting and ask a question. We will do our best to answer the question right then or refer it to staff for an appropriate answer.
that's right - the people have been lied to and deceived for so long they've turned into an angry mob and and they've got no chance in front of a jury trial so the state should be able to get some long prison sentences.... jeremiah ..this is not an 'investigation'...this is an audit .. i'm plowing through the books so that the prosecution knows exactly where to go.. you spent 25 years 'fighting corruption' ...where ..in this town? i'm not fighting corruption...i'm eliminating the problem.. i couldn't tell you how many dozens of people the kingfish sent to prison in a span of 10 years...but i do remember two men that dropped dead before they stood trial... one of them was like the 2nd in line at the state dept....only 38 years old...dropped dead of a heart attack while golfing one sunday......it made the kingfish smile for a month... good times..... is that the kind of things your family laughed about as they sat around the kitchen table jeremiah...? there's not going to be any secrets...we're going to show the world how our elected and appointed officials conspired against our line workers and against our state and nation .... they were proud of themselves when they did it...now they get to read about it in the papers....
but there's no reason to wait until the 'end of the audit' because you've already got enough data to realize your books are cooked... if i told you that your spouse had another checkbook pulling money out of your bank account.....would you keep it quiet and wait for the rest of the audit....???
Jeremiah
i was a weird kid... until i was about 9 i used to play poker and blackjack with my parents' friends...i guess it's a little scary to some to see a little girl win 50 hands of poker in a row...to have 19 - hit and get a 2.... one old man used to beg my mom to let him dress me up as an old woman and take me to the casinos...
the kingfish had a 'total annihilation' mindset embedded in him.... if someone crossed him he'd give them a 'little smack' to put them back in line.... i remember a couple time kids coming up to me in high school saying: 'your dad blew up our barn'... but if someone really pissed him off he'd not only ruin their lives but everyone around them ... when i was 4 years old two men crossed the kingfish ....both were prominent, but one was a political family in the north - the cozzi family... the kingfish put both men in their graves and took everyone related or associated with then out of office... when i was about 14 the kingfish and i were down by the corrals and a man drove up...he was the nephew of cozzi ...he wanted to run for county supervisor, but no one would support him because of his last name.... he plead his case....he didn't know his uncle, the man had been dead since he was a teenager... he was going to be an honest politician ... and the kingfish said; 'sure kid, go ahead and run, i'm not going to stop you.'.... and true to his word the kingfish did not stop the kid from running.... ...the kingfish just waited until 2 weeks before the election to take him out.... and everyone that supported him...
right to bear arms....right to shoot anyone that trespasses on private property....right to shoot cops even if they have a warrant ... there was about a dozen listings and every forth one said: 'right to shoot to kill' ... i used to watch people pull over to read the signs....usually their eyes would fix on the sign for a minute or two ...then their heads would starts shifting back and forth from the sign to the house as it occurred to them that to read the sign they had to get close enough....they had to step foot on the property... ... and they would run back to their cars and take off as fast as they could...