PV Development vs PV Service to the Community - 2006-07
While construction equipment is silent; the PV budget expands for it’s favorite charity; Economic Development. The Prescott Valley Economic Development Foundation (PVEDF), Gary Marks, Executive Director, has a “new” assistant, who’s salary has been added to the town’s budgeted expense now totaling $218,690. To this amount we must add $30,000 as a donation since the PVEDF occupies town owned property at 3045 N Tani Lane’s 3,000 sq. ft. building for one $ per year.
Contrast this to a Boys and Girls Club donation of $15,000; a $10,000 DEDUCTION! Neighbor to neighbor received $16,350 in 20003-04; Nothing since! However, $5,000 is ADDED in the current budget to a Prescott Area Coalition for Tourism (PACT). The PV Chamber of Commerce (PVCC) also got an additional $5,000 to $130,000. Meanwhile, Prescott’s Chamber is independent; receives NOTHING from the city. The PVCC rents space from Fains for over $60,000 a year!
Also, the PV non-departmential budget 2006-07 (p.189) displays over 1 Million in additional rebates of town sales taxes to Fains Entertainment District and Harkins for example. Meanwhile, donations to needed services to the people dropped to 13.5% of this budget item while donations to development grew to 86.5%.
Feb. 28th PV Tribune, “PV’s violent and property crimes up 18% in 2006″. This is no shock to me. A function of growth, crime and auto accidents rise 20-30% FASTER than population increases. For several years, PV has been growing at 16% and bragging about it. In my opinion, we are loosing “Quality of Life” as we loose our pronghorn herds, add traffic signals and add auto accidents.
You can thank Mayor Skoog and the PV council if you like.
Remember: Bodie Thoene - “Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand.”