Doggone it, part 2!!

Here’s more photos of the $100,000 Copperas Cove city council chambers dais. 

I refer you to the project cost estimate and photos. One can see that this it’s an entire room makeover for a room inside a facility that is only five years old. 

For whatever reason, Mayor Dapper Dan thinks the whole room should be redone just because they’re getting new AV equipment. 

Meanwhile, our police department panhandled on behalf of the Animal Control facility like someone who doesn’t have enough groceries to last until payday panhandles on social media  

C’mon, council. Get out of the poverty mindset.

It is not an admirable thing to see a city department asking on social media for pet food handouts. It is also common knowledge that city council members can see this panhandling. There are four months left to this fiscal year…does this mean the pet food coffers are empty? 

Of course it goes without showing that this $100,000 project will likely quite handily get put into next year’s budget which is being presented very soon. 

And thus far, no one on the council has questioned this expense  

Please note: the animal shelter and the dais are both general fund expenses. Public Safety and expenses like the dais are both part of the general fund. 

How much does the shelter budget for pet food each year, you ask?

Keep reading.  Look at the project list again.  

Now, here’s a shot of the Animal shelter budget for the 2021-2022 year. 

Does Animal Control not have enough money? 

Oh, how can this be remedied?

Who could possibly take care of this problem?

Yet, Council swiftly and without batting any eyelashes has moved forward for months with dreams of a new dais to replace the five-year-old. 

Oh, doggone it, Y’all!

 

It’s been a while, I know.

I’ve got so much to talk about, but I’ll just start with one thing:

It’s budget season again within the city of Copperas Cove and we have yet again a city council who can’t see the trees for the forest.

Let’s take a look at a recent post on Ye Olde Social Media about the City of Copperas Cove Animal Control.

They put out a pitch for food. It’s no secret that organizations and individuals have helped collect pet supplies, food and such for our Copperas Cove Animal Shelter.

Why? Why isn’t sufficient pet food a part of the annual budget?

Why don’t they budget for more food?

Are there more animals than usual?

But the animal shelter needing food is something that happened before the pandemic: DON’T BLAME COVID. This is yet another city department that is not being allowed to budget more due to growth. Another post, another time… anyway -

So here we see, the community stepped up and brought more food and pet supplies. Bravo!

But why should this be?

Why can’t the city council members say in an upcoming meeting that they would like for the animal shelter to budget for more food, to avoid this?

Why doesn’t the Animal Shelter put more money into their annual budget for food? They certainly could justify it.

But – and this is my whole point – look at what the Copperas Cove city council is spending more money on, without batting an eyelash.

Drumroll and trumpets -  A BRAND-NEW DAIS for the city council chambers. The current dais is five years old and is GRANITE. Granite, y’all!!!!

Since my last post, Dapper Dan Yancey is now MAYOR Dapper Dan, justified the design and construction of a BRAND-NEW DAIS FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS!!

$100,000!!

And that doesn’t include the design costs which was put in ad a budget amendment earlier this year.

Mayor Dapper said that this is necessary because of the “new AV equipment” etc.

Without batting an eyelash, NOBODY, NOT NOBODY, seated on that council has brought up the idea of “WHY NOT MAKE DO WITH THE DAIS WE HAVE?”

How is this right in the world?? --- Copperas Cove Animal Control must BEG on social media for dog food, and I am sure the powers that be and city leadership will say, well, we just don’t have the money and we’ve just grown so much, and lots of animals, y’all!!!

Yet they think there is NOTHING WRONG with DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING a brand-new DAIS to replace one that is five years old????? They pitched a bigger hissy fit over trying to find funding for the Five Hills Pageant float storage facility. But that’s another side issue… anyhooo….par for course  

PLEASE, READERS,  read these supporting documents from the agenda and continue reading below:

Voters, take note! Election filing time is but six weeks away and there are THREE spots on the ballot –

Shawn “Crickets” Alzona (more about him soon)

Jay “Heartburn” Manning

Diane Yoho Campbell

 

Of note, Jay is term limited! Hooray! He can now go back to being a developer full time. Yoho is ending her first term. And Crickets, who won the 2021 election….

Back soon!

 

Some things to think about, or a trip down memory lane:

https://copperascovecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/05/peace-love-and-bunnies-yall.html