Bernero vs. Council

hood

In todays LSJ it shows that City Council chose to not apply for grant money to refurbish Frances Park, the 4 'no' votes came from Bernero's 4 opponents on the council. Now, I've been apathetic about the whole Mayor vs. Council thing until now, but the Councils resolve to screw over the mayor at all costs is now costing the city in a number of ways, from fighting in vane for the Lansing Boat Club (rather than taxpayers), to this most recent grant issue. There are people on Council who couldn't care less about the city, they just want to see Bernero crash and burn, likely taking the city down with him. I'm just curious where everyone else stands on this issue.

micro

This basically just infuriated me. I can't believe they voted against this. The biggest reason this makes me mad was that this was going to fix up an area using mostly federal dollars. Come election time, I'm thinking about taking out a half page add against the 4 "No" voters on the council in LSJ.

schurymi

Okay, I acknowledge that a city government isn't a business, but who turns down a 200% gain on investment? $200k to get $400k seems like a pretty straight-forward decision, especially when the city wouldn't have had to spend the $200k unless it got the grant. Maybe the grant money can be applied for next year?