Residents of North Bay Village roll up your sleeves and get ready for the biggest conflict of the year.

 Mark your calendars for Tuesday September 17, 2013 and Wednesday September 25, 2013 at 6 pm Budget Hearings at Treasure Island Elementary School Auditorium.  Our Village Budget is out of control and may cost our home owners as much as $ 600.00 to $ 1,000.00 more in real estate taxes depending on the assessed value of your home.  In today’s economy this may have a big impact on many of our North Bay Village home owner’s budget.  You can ask yourselves why? Is it the out of control police budget? Could it be our very expensive legal Department?  Or is it just the inability of our commission to control expenses? Mr. Kevin Vericker’s gave you the details and figures of where the money went and will continue to go if the hard decisions are not made.

 Many of us would want to blame our legal department. However our unplanned legal costs stem from our administration and department heads picking and creating legal conflicts that are impossible to win!  The lawyers that represent North Bay Village don’t work for free and charge by the hour for work not anticipated on their contract.  We all know how expensive legal fees can be. If you stop these legal conflicts you automatically reduce the legal cost.  You ask what is left?  Some of us will say control the police budget and you can save more money.  Furthermore stop the frivolous spending such as the Fourth of July celebrations and any other non-necessary expenditure and you will see our taxes roll back to 2012 rates.  Many of our municipalities are reducing their millage while ours want to raise it to historic levels!  North Bay Village Residents on September 17, 2013 at 6 pm and September 25, 2013 Budget Hearing at Treasure Island Elementary School Auditorium, be there! to voice your opinion and raise your concerns!!!!!!

Honestly opinionating

PUTTING NORTH BAY VILLAGE FIRST!

Mario Garcia

September 8, 2013