{"id":5984,"date":"2023-01-17T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2023-01-17T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:34:31","slug":"cleveland-county-is-not-going-broke-cc-is-already-broke-but-doesnt-know-it-yet-or-wont-admit-it-report-and-conclusions-by-robert-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2023\/01\/17\/cleveland-county-is-not-going-broke-cc-is-already-broke-but-doesnt-know-it-yet-or-wont-admit-it-report-and-conclusions-by-robert-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland County is NOT Going Broke!!! \u00a0 CC is ALREADY Broke!!! But doesn\u2019t know it YET!!! \u00a0 OR, won\u2019t Admit it!!! \u00a0 Report and conclusions by Robert A\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert A\u2019s <\/b><\/u><\/strong>career as a Nuclear Engineer often brought him into contact with US Navy ships and those that served in the Navy. Retired early from the Navy and then worked at Navy Shipyards. \u201cDouble Dippers\u201d, they were called. On one occasion one of those Double Dippers told Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0that he lacked traveling \u201cfrom the Great Lakes Naval Training Center to Norfolk, Virginia to have sailed around the WORLD <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>four times<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>. And the furthest he travelled at every port of call <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>was to the first Bar<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>. Spent all my money there and went back to the ship, <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>BROKE<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>.\u201d <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Attending Commissioner\u2019s Meetings and School Board meetings, especially around Budget time (in May and early June every year) always reminds Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0of that Double Dipper. Times SIX! Five County Commissioners and the County Manager. Or NINE for the School Board. Eight School Board members (Not Danny Blanton and now Ronnie Grigg) members plus the Superintendent. All Clueless<\/b><\/u><\/strong>, Wasteful<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and Reckless<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0too in spending taxpayer\u2019s dollars.<\/p>\n

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A recent article about the January 9th<\/sup>\u00a02023 School Board meeting laid out how CCS, even with millions of dollars of COVID money pouring in, dug deep into their reserve funds last year. And other such stupid stuff. We will not repeat all of that here. But CCS is already broke, broke big time considering the $120+ millions their high dollar consultants say they need to fix up all the old schools in Cleveland County. And that does NOT include any new schools to replace any of the 57+ year old schools full of mold and asbestos.<\/p>\n

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Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0has also noted the County is going broke too. The County is the only governmental agency in Cleveland County that has the authority to tax its citizens. And th3e county is throwing away taxpayers\u2019 money too. Just like the \u201cDouble Dipper\u201d described at the beginning of this article:<\/p>\n