IN THE PAST, ROCKY RIVER CITY GOVERNMENT HAD
A 'SPENDING SPREE'.
Rocky River was a builder until 2007 yet
perhaps not anymore.
Rocky River built a Rec Center, Memorial
Hall, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool with plastic
palm trees, a skating rink that could be
turned into an indoor soccer stadium, a
senior center, a municipal garage, and yes a
municipal court monstrosity.
They also bought and leveled homes just to
widen a road that still stands narrow and
foreboding.
Yes up to now Rocky River has been a ‘muscle
city’ spending taxpayers’ money at a high
rate of speed in bricks and mortar. They
even bragged about the amount of money the
city is worth in tax value.
Yet that is not all. They pick up
non-residential garbage located in the city
for free! They even bought a third
ambulance for the Rocky River fire
department so they can do a ‘use one
ambulance today’, ‘use another ambulance the
next day’ and so on and so on.
Now there you go Rocky River, fire away at
what you do best. Spend the taxpayers’
money on more city services and bricks and
mortar.
Well, I think the building is over now.
Now Rocky River appears to be going
backward. Rocky River success doesn’t seem
to be how much they spend taxpayers’ money
to build/upgrade more buildings and name
more people after them. Or how many city
vehicles they can buy.
Rocky River appears to be moving towards not
building more brick and mortar buildings.
Though the current Rocky River indoor
pool/Rocky River Teen Center is taking
painstakingly long to build, will it ever be
built? Who is in charge anyway?
NOW, IS IT A ROCKY RIVER 'CITY ASSET' GIVE
AWAY?
Rocky River appears to have gone full circle
to now become a city willing to ‘giveaway
their assets’. Yes ladies and gentleman the
great Rocky River giveaway may begin very
shortly.
No, this is not a giveaway sale to
prospective residents or businesses to
entice them to come to and stay in Rocky
River. That makes too much sense!
This is a give away to another city. That
city is Cleveland. As reported, “… would
transfer ownership of all water mains over
to the Cleveland Water Department. Rocky
River currently owns only distribution mains
that are 20 inches or shorter in diameter.”
(WestLife February 7, 2007 “Regional
agreements discussed with city of
Cleveland”)
It appears to me there are about 5,000
residences and businesses in Rocky River.
I would safely assume that these said
structures require a ‘water line’ that is
less than 20 inches in diameter.
So, it appears to me, Rocky River uses more
waterlines less than 20 inches in
diameter - than using waterlines larger
than 20 inches in diameter.
So, Rocky River appears to control more
waterlines less than 20 inches in
diameter. The city of Cleveland appears to
control fewer waterlines that are
larger than 20 inches in diameter in Rocky
River.
So why is Rocky River even giving away their
- city waterline assets? As reported,
“Cleveland Water … would also be responsible
for capital improvement and the cleaning,
lining and replacement of the distribution
mains.” (WestLife February 7, 2007
“Regional agreements discussed with city of
Cleveland”)
By handing an apparent very valuable Rocky
River city asset such as the miles of
waterlines less than 20 inches in diameter
over to the city of Cleveland so they can
come into Rocky River to clean, line and
replace distribution mains. Says to me the
city of Rocky River is not capable of doing
it themselves.
'WHAT ELSE' SHOULD ROCKY RIVER CITY GOVERNMENT
'GIVE AWAY'?
So let’s hand over all our other city assets
to Cleveland for something more in return
from the city of Cleveland as well.
How about handing over our Rec Center,
Memorial Hall, Indoor Pool, our Outdoor Pool
with the plastic palm trees, our skating
rink that could be turned into an indoor
soccer stadium, our senior center, our
municipal garage, and yes give them the
municipal court monstrosity as well.
Oh yes, what can we ask in return for these
Rocky River taxpayer subsidized
monstrosities that we are saddled with now?
Well instead of ‘game night in Rocky River’
or a ‘squeaky sneakers’ jam fest. The
current occupant at Rocky River city hall
can ask residents for suggestions. On what
we can ask in return for Cleveland to take
these ‘tax burdens’ off of Rocky River
taxpayers’ backs.
That’s it! Just don’t stop at giving away
Rocky River’s city asset of its waterlines
that are less than 20 inches in diameter.
Let Cleveland take Rocky River’s city assets
that are now strapping the Rocky River
taxpayer, off of River taxpayers’ backs, as
well.
That would be worth more to the taxpayers of
Rocky River to have their taxes lowered by
paying no more in city building subsidy.
Than to have another city building built,
and have another person’s name put on it.
IN CLOSING!
Wake Up Rocky River City
Hall, before you are all voted out in
November 2007!
Do not give away what we paid
for unless we say so!
