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deapp1
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Posted: Fri Oct 17th, 2008 04:03 am |
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| Don't worry about it - Milford Council will fix the loop holes and the mess they created 2-3 years from know. "So much responsibility - so little vision" now that's a slogan that Milford City Council could be proud of.
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Posted: Tue Oct 14th, 2008 08:32 pm |
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Will be interesting to say the least, my understanding was they were going to make improvements to 10th Street, and the entrance would be near the end. So yes, it will be one hell of a nightmare when school is letting in and out, and closing the access off from route one to 10th will not help any, that would mean all the traffic would be heading out toward Rehoboth Blvd.
Sooo glad I am moving out of town soon, can you say gridlock in area of Wawa?
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Posted: Tue Oct 14th, 2008 08:32 pm |
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Will be interesting to say the least, my understanding was they were going to make improvements to 10th Street, and the entrance would be near the end. So yes, it will be one hell of a nightmare when school is letting in and out, and closing the access off from route one to 10th will not help any, that would mean all the traffic would be heading out toward Rehoboth Blvd.
Sooo glad I am moving out of town soon, can you say gridlock in area of Wawa?
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Posted: Tue Oct 14th, 2008 01:56 am |
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| But where will the service road entrance be? I was told that the service road will be so close to the intersection that the NKS tractor-trailers won't be able to make the swing out of it and still have room to get onto New Wharf Road or 10th St. without blocking the road. So, for that reason they have been granted an entrance permit directly onto RT 1. Hopefully, this is not correct, just hearsay. Last edited on Tue Oct 14th, 2008 01:57 am by Bud Of KTC
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 11:58 pm |
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That will be interesting. Can you imagine the traffic in the morning going to school and when school lets out in the afternoon.
I didn't think they could open an entrance on RT 1. Since the right a ways belong to the federal highway.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 09:46 pm |
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Bud Of KTC wrote: I'm told that NKS will have an entrance right on RT 1. Can't figure out how, since this goes against Aunt Ruthie's Corrider Preservation Project. Somebody must have known somebody................
No entrance off Route 1, there will be a service road of of 10th street, that will be used for all businesses there...
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 07:38 pm |
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| I'm told that NKS will have an entrance right on RT 1. Can't figure out how, since this goes against Aunt Ruthie's Corrider Preservation Project. Somebody must have known somebody................
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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 05:10 am |
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| Where will the entrance be to the new gas station beer warehouse.
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deapp1
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Posted: Sat Oct 11th, 2008 01:01 pm |
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There are alot of public transportation layoffs coming because Japan has developed a shovel that stands up by itself
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Posted: Fri Oct 10th, 2008 08:33 pm |
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deapp1 wrote: i saw three city employees riding around town the other day - when to my surprise - the truck stopped and out jumped ONE that walked from electric pole to electric taking down those revenue destroying "yard sale" signs. The city needs to put half the employees on part-time - heck, out of the 40 hours they're getting paid for, probally 15 are legit
Good idea. I keep reading that city revenues are down because, they say, the expected number of building permit fees did not come in, as they had only one new home permit application in six months. So if there's such a lack of building permits, why do they need four people in planning, land management, code enforcement and building inspection? (I noticed one of these positions was only recently advertised and, I assume, a new person hired, meaning they took on a new employee even in the face of an economic downturn) Only a few years ago they had one planner and one code enforcement guy who also did the inspections. This economic crisis is causing employees to be laid off from businesses who can't get loans to float their payrolls. Why should the city and its employees be exempted from the same cutbacks? Especially when it can easily be observed that it takes two to three employees to do any task these days: one to actually do the task and the other one or two to supervise him.
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 07:58 pm |
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on second thoughts,
why would not the city council with open government tell us the exact cost of this ten million dollar bond issue?
the 80 thousand for the bond issuer
the 50 thousand for stabilizing the trading of the bonds
the cost to the bond issuer for their work probably 100 thosusand dollars
the cost for the insurance to guarantee milford does not go belly up
add it all up//with the five percent limit , can they get it issued now??
or, they will now pay 6 percent, lower it to five percent and we pay for the additional fee of , about half a million dollars or so.
who knows??
anyone think the city finance manager or city manager knows??
they should put in the paper the current status and costs for the deal
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 05:21 pm |
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nice person, taxpayers are not allowed to ask questions of the finance manager for milford.
his time is too important to be taken up with questions like how much are we getting soaked for the bond issue, or, how much we over pay for electric, or how they took the city employees salaries and dumped them into the electric portion .
next thing you know, someone will want to know how interest on the millions of dollars milford socked away into various bank deposits is treated. like the interest rates the city gets for this money.
have asked for these answers and the repy is, thanks, but no thanks..
like ///if the people wanted this information we would give it
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 04:43 am |
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starsandstripes wrote: joke of the week...
milford has a triple a credit rating.
think again its aa-
why would it not be aaa
perhaps the bond would cost less if our finance city managers were more dilligent??
Have you asked the "Finance Manager" this question? I would like to know as well... why don't you ask him? Please let us know what you find out.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 11:29 am |
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dirtman wrote: Blue's your right he's one out for the best interest of one person and that's RICHARD CARMEAN!!! truth be know I'm sure Country Life Homes (Fannin) is involved also!!!!!! This city government is like the U S Government they are not out for the best interest of the people their out for the best interest for themselves.
Mr. Fannin the self appointed mayor of Heartstone at"New Milford" that gets me everytime I drive past there with all the empty unfinished units, and 2 story high pile of dirt off in the distance.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 01:25 am |
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stock market tanks...but, what happened to the bond issue for milford.??
was it issued for the ten million ???
we had aa- rating
we had or were to pay, insurance to guarantee the deal
we were paying for stabilization and for the overall expense..
so, is it a done deal?
anyone know, or, is it a secret??
hos much is going to cost??
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Posted: Fri Sep 26th, 2008 02:14 pm |
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| Blue's your right he's one out for the best interest of one person and that's RICHARD CARMEAN!!! truth be know I'm sure Country Life Homes (Fannin) is involved also!!!!!! This city government is like the U S Government they are not out for the best interest of the people their out for the best interest for themselves.
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Posted: Fri Sep 26th, 2008 01:49 pm |
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You mean "consultant" as in helping push through deals like the one that just happened this week. Just who is he consultant for because he sure as heck isn't lookng out for the best interests of the citizens of our community.
Richard D Carmean recently retired City Manager stepped to the podium during the hearing. While he acknowledged traffic concerns he stated "Everything is planned around that overpass" referring to the states plan to "eventually" construct an overpass at New Wharf Road.
Everyone in Milford knew the former city manager would "eventually" retire but I don't think many counted on him sticking around so long. I'm even willing to bet more than a few probably wished he hadn't.
You don't base decisions like this (especially in light of the serious safety issues being raised and recent fatality) on eventual, possible, potential, or hopeful plans that may or may not happen to resolve the issues.
Here are my concerns about this breech of trust by some City of Milford officials present and past once again.
1) Mr. Richard D. Carmean did not say one word about the fuel storage tanks or gas pumps within 500 feet of the school. This despite the fact it is against the City of Milford's own laws, and even though it had already been adressed by Concilman Spillane, and Councilman Workman, who expressed their opposition and concern.
2) "Everything is planned around that overpass" that the state is going to "eventually" build. If the overpass never gets built we are still stuck with a gas station/plaza that is a major safety hazard to the community of Milford, especially the children and all employees of the Milford public school campus, and all users of RT 1.
3) Mr. Carmean's "consultant" influence on board members who voted in favor of the project.
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dirtman
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Posted: Fri Sep 26th, 2008 01:22 pm |
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Why don't they cut out the salary of the ex-city manager who I might add is still on the pay roll for a year as an consultant!!!!!!! 
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Posted: Fri Sep 26th, 2008 01:45 am |
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joke of the week...
milford has a triple a credit rating.
think again its aa-
why would it not be aaa
perhaps the bond would cost less if our finance city managers were more dilligent??
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Posted: Fri Sep 26th, 2008 01:20 am |
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| i saw three city employees riding around town the other day - when to my surprise - the truck stopped and out jumped ONE that walked from electric pole to electric taking down those revenue destroying "yard sale" signs. The city needs to put half the employees on part-time - heck, out of the 40 hours they're getting paid for, probally 15 are legit
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Posted: Thu Sep 25th, 2008 07:52 pm |
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hope others can think of ways to help our city keep within its budget this year.
hope the city is not thinking of increasing our taxes.
opps, forgot, they can always increase the electric rates to cover
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Posted: Thu Sep 25th, 2008 07:51 pm |
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mr Ambrose, our finance chairperson , stated in the newspaper that he wanted to look at the current budget to see what is in the budget and can be cut without affecting city services.
great idea on his part.
on my part, i want to help im accomplishing this noble goal he has committed to.
THE CITY APPROVED 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO DOWNTOWN MILFORD..THEY BUDGETED 35 THOUSAND DOLLARS. CAN WE SAVE THAT EXTRA FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR??
BOND ISSUE.. WE ARE PAYING 80 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE BOND ISSUER TO DO THE DEAL. THEN, WE ARE GIVING THEM FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS EXTRA TO STABILIZE THE DEAL.
lastly, we are paying extra for all expenses to get the deal done.
remember, the max was five percent, so, if rates are higher, the bond issuer has to pay over and above to get the deal down to five percent..then, we pay even extra and more for the bond deal.
so its 80 plus fifty, plus normal costs, plus extra to grease the wheels down to five percent.
net result?? mr. Ambrose, please, add it up and make sure you agree as to how much this cost will be, in toal to the city to attain your goal of saving city monies.
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