Board-Dumb
Abolish Santa Rosa Cultural Heritage Board, Art in Public Places Committee, Community Advisory Board, Community Engagement Department and other costly ineffective bodies. With the city in financial difficulties again with a very large unfunded pension liability in the future, now is the time to cut costs.
The marketing and outreach employees in various departments should do the work of the abolished bodies while saving city funds for services WE all need. Repair the roads and parks citywide while holding off on city council raises. The council only meets half the time and does less now, as the city zoning administrator handles many housing and development issues.
Most affordable housing projects are now “by right,” so now is the time to cut back on the size of the bloated bureaucracy of upper management. Offer incentives to those bureaucrats for retirement now and use less costly younger employees for a pared back management team. This would allow for more parks and roads workers to help where the need is now greater than ever.
Taxpayers, please vote against tax increases as the city learns to steward what it has without asking for more money which might be squandered without good oversight.
Duane De Witt
Santa Rosa
