This entire blog exists solely due to City council wasting almost $100,000 on an A/V system for an opulent new council chambers back in July of 2018. The colossal waste of tax money fired a rage in me that is still burning here to this day, clearly.
That was just the tip of the iceberg as City council ended up blowing around $1.5 million to “renovate” Old City Hall and give themselves a fancy new council chambers. Initially, some members of council balked at an estimated cost around $700,000 (which was DOUBLE what they had budgeted at $350,000).
Of course, they ended up not only blowing the $700,000 but another $800,000 on top of it. The waste and incompetence was chronicled here in excruciating detail. Misti Talbert and Chuck “The Vampire” Williamson were instrumental in keeping the monstrosity alive.
You’d think they’d be done wasting money on it by now – seeing as how they had a big fancy dedication in December of 2019.
You’d be wrong.
Listed in the possible uses for a new $6,300,000 bond offering they will be discussing in three days time (possible cost to taxpayer of$9,143,000over 20 years – page 111) is this gem:
ANOTHER quarter million to be spent on their vanity project. You know, for lighting and shrubs and stuff.
My god.
I guess the new official total for the Talbert ‘Wow factor’ Vanity project will be more like $1,750,000 before it is all said and done.