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Has anyone thought if you let the county take over, you will get streets repaired, water maybe fixed, all the sidewalks you want and don’t have to wait till Mammoth gets out of their debt?
Some people like me (moved here around 86-87) has heard the same thing over and over. Mines closed; Mammoth is a ghost town. Go to YouTube and put in “Ghost Town Mammoth AZ” and look. Most people are too old to wait any longer.
By the way, Proposition 406, The Home Rule Option is a provision of the state constitution. It allows towns and cities to set their own spending limits. The Town of Mammoth has been operating under the Home Rule Option since 2010. The renewal is voted on every four years. With the defeat of the renewal that was voted down with over 62 percent of the vote, the Town of Mammoth must operate under a state imposed budget formula which could result in significant budget cuts. Under the first year’s expenditure limitation the town would have to operate with $549,767 less than they would have had to spend. The new town council got rid of just two people making $45,000 a year. That’s $90,000 a year; that took it down to $459,767. Wow, $45,000 a year!! Did the people know that??
Remember the $1.2 million that was misspent that has to be paid back?
/s/ Dan Anthony
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