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How did my boondoggle become overbudget? How could this possibly have happened?
The article did a good job of reporting on this particular issue. However, the fact remains, that this is just one of many spending related issues that Mayor Brainard and the CRC has been involved in. The people are in debt up to their eyeballs and have very little say in any decision making (proposed carousel, roundabout art work, etc). Mayor Brainard should have made his life’s work in commercial real estate while the people of Carmel would not have to shoulder the debt of his fantastical dreams for the next 100 years.
AGREE on every point. When are these people going to wake up and see right through him like I do???
Now now now…..everyone just calm down……this is Car-mel remember. Where the people think they are better and their mayor is happy to do as he wishes without recourse. Look on the bright side, now the mayor will have a place to drink during the day when driving a city vehicle.
Don’t forget your Car-mel tag for your vehicle so the police can quickly identify you “belong” up there.
Page 7 of the 327-page report states councilors Worrell and Rider were briefed on Jan. 2, 2019, on over-runs then amounting to $53.5 million.
A year later, when they reached $58.5 million, the public learned of the scandal
Henry Mestetsky lied both verbally and in writing to Council and public during an election so Brainard could get re-elected. Brainard lied as well. After the Council bailed out the CRC in 2012 they put restrictions in place to keep this from happening. Jim bought the Council in the 2015 election and the first thing they did was remove those restrictions. Sue, Jeff, Woody, and Laura were part of that. The outrage now is humorous. Jim keeps trucking, just another day and will be forgotten in 2023 when people will still be blinded by the bling
In spite of this the city remains “best in class” in critical metrics such as public schools, public parks, public safety, corporate diversity, home appreciation, public amenities and is the envy of similar sized communities nationwide. In the lifecycle of a rapidly growing community in the path of progress this is a blip or a rounding error and it is extremely unlikely to negatively impact the city’s stature or bond rating. Graft, cronyism and corruption are rampant in many cities but not in this report and not in Carmel.
This proves you can’t trust anything Brainard, Mestetsky Jeff Worrell and Woody Rider say. They knew about this and did nothing to stop it and lied and withheld the truth from Carmel taxpayers. If you think this is ok keep voting for them. I say they are scum and have no personal integrity. This doesnt seem to bother the majority of Carmel voters who just keep re-electing the scum. Behind the pretty things Carmel is just scummy.
Ross … you are the only one in this thread that doesn’t get it! This “arrangement” is the tip of the iceberg. The city of Carmel is a competing realestate developer holding all the cards in a house of cards. Beautiful, safe town i wholeheartedly agree. Have lived here over 30 years. Mayor’s office is shady at best and MANY MANY issues like this have been right on the knifes edge of outright graft…its likely coming. Government EVERYWHERE is screwing the people, mortgaging our futures at their whimsy. Carmel is a microcosm of government spending and distraction.
“Deeply flawed” ….. disturbingly amusing?