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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 01/19/2011 01:26 PM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 01/19/2011 01:58 PM
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Financial inequities abound~by Darren Spellman
During the last 12 months of campaigning, before I took office, it was very obvious that there are numerous inequities in this county, including how and where the money gets spent. This first piece is dealing with the branch library system. Like most other systems the outspoken (squeaky wheel) or (connected) people seem to get what they want at the expense of others getting less than they deserve/need....
I often hear many cries for “equality” and “fairness” but how willing are these people to “practice what they preach” when it comes to the ideals of sharing resources especially in financially difficult times like those we are faced with now?
We owe the people who pay the taxes an explanation and/or an apology and a change in our procedures. Together we can create a more equitable society, but it must start locally with you and I.
Are you willing to help by joining the effort for fairness and logic?
Library branch costs inequity
Honesty and Candor are what we need, not bogus excuses masking person philosophies. If self appointed elitist circles want to posture and promote there benevolence, then let them become philanthropists of the highest manner. We the people, who salt the Earth will gladly accept their donations, but therein lies the problem.
Most who actually have the means to promote honorable civic activities (I have friends in this category and they are very generous) usually do practice a fair amount of philanthropy, without which many good things would cease to exist. It is most often those who wish to reach new heights on the societal ladder that use unscrupulous means of taxation and unfair distribution of public monies in an attempt to gain their status, which they have not had the good fortune to garner on their own.
At this time, though never ethically defensible, we can not afford to have public monies spent so unfairly in favor of certain groups that lobby or complain more than others.
I hope that after reading this you will feel a desire to be of service in some positive way to help make things better. This example of the branch library system is just one of many that need correcting.
Sincerely, Supervisor Spellman “In the service of the people”
Update From Darren "The County Librarian does a wonderful job I believe and told me she has done what she can in certain areas to make things more equitable, since her arrival several years ago. I thanked her for doing what she could and told her that the people, with myself as their elected representative, would take up the torch for the next step of reform towards fair distribution of goods and services.
If you happen to see her or correspond with her, please let her know you appreciate what she does to help our county library system. These additional changes that need to happen will only take place through the Board of Supervisors with the support of the people, by written/email correspondence or publicly asking for fairness.
Sincerely, Darren
Supervisor Spellman
District 5 -Calaveras County
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