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Dear Editor:
Happy Mid-Year, 2019!
As we pass the midpoint of the 19th year of the 21st century, folks in Carmel have little to celebrate.
Since Jan. 1, Carmel’s debt has increased $35.5 million – $195,000 per day. Thirty million dollars of the increase came in the form of borrowing for the Hotel Carmichael and other non-essentials.
Meanwhile, flooded streets and basements caused by inadequate storm sewer infrastructure, cracked and crumbling sidewalks and pavement all over town, dangerous roundabouts of which 124 in place have not reduced accident rates one iota, and ample money borrowed without consent of the governed for such things as:
- A $584,500 video wall on the Monon path, nearby a $125,000 bocce ball court and two $12,000 ping-pong tables;
- A severely constricted Range Line Road from Carmel Drive to City Center Drive,
- And, disclosure of the dire need for $73 million-plus for water and sewer capacity upgrades to serve adequately the high-density congestion being built between Range Line and the Monon.
After the slimiest mayoral campaign in recent history, the mayor and puppet council members seem destined for re-election by the 15-20 percent of eligible voters who actually show up and vote.
Fasten your seat belts. Turbulence ahead.
Bill Shaffer
Carmel