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Dear Editor:
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if a Carmel city hall politician answered direct questions respectfully submitted by a citizen?
In his response letter printed in this newspaper, city council president Jeff Worrell un-answered two questions posed by Mike Shaver: What has the council done to enforce guarantees on a $20 million bond to Pedcor Cos. for five buildings promised in 2015 to be built by 2019? And, please provide documentation supporting any actions the council took to enforce the guarantees.
Worrell let two cats out of the bag in not answering either question. He reported on the status of seven, not five, ghost buildings yet to be built. And, he said $63,958.01 had been repaid on the bond. That’s 3.2 percent over four years – a rate that would take more than 31 years to pay (interest not included).
We still don’t know what’s been done by way of enforcement and what proof the council has of any action at all.
With responsiveness like that to simple questions, one can only live in dread and fear of the response to an even simpler question: What is the council doing about the city’s $1.3 billion debt (as it reported to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance)?
Bill Shaffer
Carmel