http://www.heraldtribune.com/article...ansion-optionsQuote:
Originally Posted by Josh Salman
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article...ansion-optionsQuote:
Originally Posted by Josh Salman
This is from the Herald Tribune website:
http://forum.heraldtribune.com/viewt...415800#p415800Quote:
The "public safety campus" is the financially looney brainchild of Tom Knight (the current sheriff) and Kurt Hoffman (Knight's sidekick). They presented their "visions of grandeur" to county commissioners last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnQPublic36
Here is the H-T article:
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Originally Posted by Jessie Van Berkel
Why do we need this? This is crazy. Things are fine the way they are. VOTE NO!
Knight’s delusional “visions of grandeur” are hurting the reputation of the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office.
Knight and Hoffman totally overshot this boondoggle by asking taxpayers to foot an unrealistic bill for construction of a 100 million dollar “emperor’s palace” (Knight lovingly calls it his “sheriff’s campus”). However, former commissioner Joe Barbetta calls Knight’s proposal an unrealistic “grandiose” plan that has no basis in economic reality.
If it walks, talks, quacks and poops like a lame duck, then it’s a lame duck.
When Knight and Hoffman first presented their “visions of grandeur” for a 100+ million dollar palace (last year), the dynamic duo caught flak. This year, Knight and Hoffman are now hiding behind closed doors because they are embarrassed by bad publicity for gross financial incompetence.
The a/c in my patrol car works just fine and it's not crowded in CIS. We've been working out of cubicles for decades. A yes vote only prolongs the Knightmare and gives Knight a ridiculous $100 million dollar palace to work in. Besides, I pay enough taxes and the money can be better spent towards hiring more personnel and raises for existing personnel.
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Originally Posted by Jessie Van Berkel
- 100+ million = Knight's & Hoffman's grandiose proposal for new facilities.
.- 2.1 million = MSO Sheriff Steube's reasonable proposal for new facilities.
There it is in black and white! No wonder Sheriff Steube is in good graces with commissioners and the power elites while Knight is uhhhhhhhh on the shit list...
Why are all of Steube's proposals/costs a fraction of Knight's proposals/costs?