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toolmanmike said:
Thank the Lord we are non-partisan. Everyone knows which way the candidates lean but no party affiliation is mentioned. The incumbent mayor has been doing a good job maintaining the city and spurring growth. His opponent is a 60+ year old grandma that has spent a couple years on council. She's running on the "follow me and I will reduce your taxes" but she doesn't have a clue how to do it without cutting the heck out of the budget and taking police and fire fighters off the street. You can't have it both ways. Like some bumbling fool said last night at the council podium, complained about his taxes and then complained that his street needed repaved and crime is up in his neighborhood.
Sorry dude, You can't have it both ways. :BangHead::BangHead:

Too much political. I am done. Thanks for listening. Respond with a "like and I can take this post down" LOL
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I will say this, every city, regardless of party control or affiliation, has areas in its budget that are abused and wasteful. For example. The nearest town to us a couple years ago, paid 1 MILLION dollars for a lighted sign with the name of the town on it. They then placed it near the interstate exit ramp. They completely ignored or didn’t think about the exit ramp changes that were announced 2 years PRIOR to the city ordering the sign. When DoT updated the ramp, the sign is completely blocked from view. Oh and the signs lights only worked for about 6 weeks. And to make matters even better, the city is paying for the next 25 years, a $275,000 maintenance fee to the sign company, an out of state company, for a once a year cleaning. But it doesn’t include electrical or other repairs. So far, the city has wasted nearly 2 million dollars on this damn thing. And get this, they can’t move it? Why because of the contract from the sign company.

But now they can’t afford the $650,000 to repair the sidewalks in town that have needed it for decades, so they want to expand the city limited and annex a 200 house community south of town. They claim it’s for industrial growth but everyone knows it’s to cover their asses on that sign and other budgetary crap. Property taxes would go from the county’s .86 percent to the city’s 2.38 percent
 
dukeboy_318 said:
I will say this, every city, regardless of party control or affiliation, has areas in its budget that are abused and wasteful. For example. The nearest town to us a couple years ago, paid 1 MILLION dollars for a lighted sign with the name of the town on it. They then placed it near the interstate exit ramp. They completely ignored or didn’t think about the exit ramp changes that were announced 2 years PRIOR to the city ordering the sign. When DoT updated the ramp, the sign is completely blocked from view. Oh and the signs lights only worked for about 6 weeks. And to make matters even better, the city is paying for the next 25 years, a $275,000 maintenance fee to the sign company, an out of state company, for a once a year cleaning. But it doesn’t include electrical or other repairs. So far, the city has wasted nearly 2 million dollars on this damn thing. And get this, they can’t move it? Why because of the contract from the sign company.
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The whole LED/Digital lighted sign seems to be a fail. It usually sounds really good but then (as you mention Chris) it's either ineffective, defective with what looks like Klingon hieroglyphs. or causes traffic jams because people slow down to look at the sign flashing "Test Test Test"
 
WV64Signet said:
The whole LED/Digital lighted sign seems to be a fail. It usually sounds really good but then (as you mention Chris) it's either ineffective, defective with what looks like Klingon hieroglyphs. or causes traffic jams because people slow down to look at the sign flashing "Test Test Test"
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It’s not even LED... it’s just standard incandescent flood lights in the inside of the dang thing
 
dukeboy_318 said:
I will say this, every city, regardless of party control or affiliation, has areas in its budget that are abused and wasteful. For example. The nearest town to us a couple years ago, paid 1 MILLION dollars for a lighted sign with the name of the town on it. They then placed it near the interstate exit ramp. They completely ignored or didn’t think about the exit ramp changes that were announced 2 years PRIOR to the city ordering the sign. When DoT updated the ramp, the sign is completely blocked from view. Oh and the signs lights only worked for about 6 weeks. And to make matters even better, the city is paying for the next 25 years, a $275,000 maintenance fee to the sign company, an out of state company, for a once a year cleaning. But it doesn’t include electrical or other repairs. So far, the city has wasted nearly 2 million dollars on this damn thing. And get this, they can’t move it? Why because of the contract from the sign company.

But now they can’t afford the $650,000 to repair the sidewalks in town that have needed it for decades, so they want to expand the city limited and annex a 200 house community south of town. They claim it’s for industrial growth but everyone knows it’s to cover their asses on that sign and other budgetary crap. Property taxes would go from the county’s .86 percent to the city’s 2.38 percent
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Ouch! Somebody didn't do their homework there. That's why you don't want to elect clueless people. And I agree, there is waste and blunders everywhere. We can't complain too much unless we run, get elected and are part of the process.
 
:rofl::rofl: Thanks for the RED-X
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Let's talk about cars! Did Tim get his transmission working? I sure wish he was closer to Lon (lkopaska) He would fix Tim right up.
 
dukeboy_318 said:
I will say this, every city, regardless of party control or affiliation, has areas in its budget that are abused and wasteful. For example. The nearest town to us a couple years ago, paid 1 MILLION dollars for a lighted sign with the name of the town on it. They then placed it near the interstate exit ramp. They completely ignored or didn’t think about the exit ramp changes that were announced 2 years PRIOR to the city ordering the sign. When DoT updated the ramp, the sign is completely blocked from view. Oh and the signs lights only worked for about 6 weeks. And to make matters even better, the city is paying for the next 25 years, a $275,000 maintenance fee to the sign company, an out of state company, for a once a year cleaning. But it doesn’t include electrical or other repairs. So far, the city has wasted nearly 2 million dollars on this damn thing. And get this, they can’t move it? Why because of the contract from the sign company.

But now they can’t afford the $650,000 to repair the sidewalks in town that have needed it for decades, so they want to expand the city limited and annex a 200 house community south of town. They claim it’s for industrial growth but everyone knows it’s to cover their asses on that sign and other budgetary crap. Property taxes would go from the county’s .86 percent to the city’s 2.38 percent
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Can you get me their contact info? I have some prime real estate I’d be willing to let go for the right price. :lol:

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toolmanmike said:
Ouch! Somebody didn't do their homework there. That's why you don't want to elect clueless people. And I agree, there is waste and blunders everywhere. We can't complain too much unless we run, get elected and are part of the process.
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Yep. I’ll be honest. I’ve thought about it. I’ve had people suggest it from actually both of the big name parties. At least locally. But trust me, I hate both parties and I would be a nightmare in any political office. I’d not get re-elected as I’d piss everyone off. I’d line item every single penny on the budget and require a justification to anything not emergency or essential or infrastructure related. Ain’t nobody needing to spend 2 million on arts projects to “attract visitors “ as there ain’t nobody visiting hoe dunk redneck vile, Indiana where the only claim to fame is a train robbery that happened 200 years ago here.
 
toolmanmike said:
Let's talk about cars! Did Tim get his transmission working? I sure wish he was closer to Lon (lkopaska) He would fix Tim right up.
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Let’s.

440 should be going together in the coming days/weeks. Trying to get some dyno time quotes out. I’ve got a set of cheap headers to use for break in but I’m curious, why does the break in process destroy headers so much?
 
toolmanmike said:
Let's talk about cars! Did Tim get his transmission working? I sure wish he was closer to Lon (lkopaska) He would fix Tim right up.
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I ordered a new valve body for it from Mancinni. I got trans builder to refund 300.00 dollars to help offset the cost. Full manual... Seems to be the governor is stuck. I ran a pressure test on it....with a gauge...
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Let’s.

440 should be going together in the coming days/weeks. Trying to get some dyno time quotes out. I’ve got a set of cheap headers to use for break in but I’m curious, why does the break in process destroy headers so much?
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I never could get anyone to Dyno my 408. Chevy, ford, all imports, no problem.....
 
This reminder just came over the wire. Watch this tonight. Anni Krueger is on the show. She grew up down the street and used to babysit my kids.
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Mopar Tim said:
I ordered a new valve body for it from Mancinni. I got trans builder to refund 300.00 dollars to help offset the cost. Full manual... Seems to be the governor is stuck. I ran a pressure test on it....with a gauge...
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Wow wasn’t that a brand new trans
 
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