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Post by jimmy davis on Jan 25, 2014 10:21:09 GMT -5
not to mention that not only the bantam chef is hurting but the barber shop across the street is hurting too heck its the only 5 dollar hair cut in town and now they have taken most of his parking and business as well,
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Post by alexsaitta on Jan 25, 2014 11:48:39 GMT -5
Knowing what I know -- what I see there, the before and after picture, I didn't see that as a top priority either. It seemed safe and worked like mountainhighway wrote. I would have much rather seen the money go into repaving, like Shady Grove Road. With this very cold weather, I'm guessing there will be more pot holes come the spring. I don't see a lot of efficiency in government.
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Post by pickensnative on Jan 30, 2014 11:16:41 GMT -5
Lark says that the road project is completely on the scdot . Since when did the scdot start designing bike lanes for a city ? They don't. The city council and administrator wanted the bike lanes and they are liars if they say otherwise.
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Post by alexsaitta on Feb 7, 2014 10:06:58 GMT -5
When I think of ways to generate national income, biking and bike paths isn’t high on my list either. Too often government reaches for the feel good, socially do-gooder and pretty solutions. They generate very little income, relative to the cost, and for a country starting to drown in debt, it is not the best course of action.
I just don’t think the typical government leader sees the connection between “investing” in no, low or negative income projects, how that is growing the government sector to the point it is a burden on national growth rates, and how both of those things are resulting in declining standard of living. The recovery/ expansion is nearing the end of its 5th year. That is longer than average, thanks to monetary stimulus it has been extended. Employment growth is starting to slow (as December and January’s reports show).
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Post by geraldgarrett on Jul 2, 2014 11:14:46 GMT -5
I usually don't pass on rumors, but sometimes I trust a source enough to give it a go just to see what shakes out.
Rumor has it that Ms. Bracken has resigned as Pickens Town Clerk (City Administrator, if you prefer) to accept a job in the Charleston area (Mt. Pleasant, if you like specifics attached to your rumors.)
Could be good news. Could be bad news. Could be no news at all. But worth passing on to everybody.
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Post by conservative on Jul 2, 2014 12:12:16 GMT -5
The announcement was in the Greenville News today.
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Post by geraldgarrett on Jul 2, 2014 12:23:53 GMT -5
Well, there ya go. Maybe I should start reading newspapers again. I haven't actually bought one since my pet bird died five years ago. Who knew they still had NEWS in them?
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Post by conservative on Jul 2, 2014 12:36:25 GMT -5
I understand. I keep saying I'm going to stop my delivery but each time I get serious about it, I get a new delivery person. Having delivered the News to help my wife finance my college education (years ago) I can't but help support a dying breed that will work that hard so early in the morning.
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Post by upset on Jul 2, 2014 20:37:26 GMT -5
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Post by alexsaitta on Jul 3, 2014 17:33:34 GMT -5
www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/pickens-county/2014/07/01/departing-pickens-admin-major-impact-city/11917601/Socialism. To take money from the private sector and create government projects and programs. Her resume is a list of those projects. This is not capitalism. If it was, the article would have sounded something like this. Under Bracket’s leadership, tax rates were reduced and harmful regulations were eliminated and 70 new businesses were formed in the city. As a result, city employment is up by 500. Our unemployment rate is 2% or the highest in the state. If you leave Pickens High, you don’t have to go to another state to find a job, you can find one here. Wage rates are up 20% and as a result per capita income in the city hasn’t risen too. Anyone (talented or not) and take money from the private sector and build government projects. Most of our administrators in government see the expansion of their government as their aim and goal. This is why government is now 40% of the US economy, and why (with all its inefficiency and low/ negative returns) long-term GDP is growing in the 2% range, down from 3%. I see no reason for the trend to change.
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Post by geraldgarrett on Jul 4, 2014 14:16:55 GMT -5
ALEX: "Socialism. To take money from the private sector and create government projects and programs."
Alex, that is probably a good explanation of taxation and redistribution by governments - even in a representative democracy like ours - but it is so far removed from the definition of socialism that it's laughable. It's great illusion - that taxing the private sector to create government projects is the same thing as a system whereby the government controls the means of production and distribution (i.e., no private property) - but sooner or later somebody is going to call your hand on it and point out there's a hole in the top of the hat you're pulling that rabbit from.
I suspect it's going to be sooner, like, NOW. Perhaps you should sit in on one of those history classes they teach in our wonderful public school system so you can at least understand "socialism" before you start trying to point out examples? Does it not concern you in the least that we may be turning high school graduates loose in our society whose bumper sticker grasp of concepts like "socialism" (and "fascism" or "communism") are as weak as yours?
There are many reasons to be upset with the current size of our Federal government and its continued growth, but it is NOT socialist ... yet. The closest it's come so far it its "temporary" ownership of General Motors that resulted from the auto industry bailout a few years back, its ongoing efforts to crush the petroleum and coal industries and, in effect, nationalize them, and the double-cluster**** known as Obamacare.
But I do believe our Constitution protects us from a government that would take private property without just compensation or crush our right to express our religious beliefs. Lord knows the government is trying, as we speak, to do just that - or, at least, render property worthless through regulation - but I'm still enough of an optimist that I believe it will ultimately fail to do so despite having so many enablers on their side in state and local governments and school boards throughout the country.
It's still remarkable to me that a population that is largely silent when its government tries to crush its SOUL raises such a ruckus when that same government threatens its private bank accounts. It makes one wonder what's really important nowadays and if what's left of this country's soul on the Fourth of July 2014 is worth fighting for. Right now, I'd say Main Street is worth dying to defend. Wall Street and K Street, on the other hand, are not worth spilling a drop of blood over.
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Post by alexsaitta on Jul 4, 2014 16:17:29 GMT -5
Gerald, do you think when a state or city government taxes people and then uses that money to build a bike trail owned and operated by the government, that is a capitalist transaction? It is not. It is clearly a socialist transaction. Rather than describing it as socialism, I should have called it a socialist transaction, but clearly it socialistic.
When the government is taking tax money and buying the railway from the private company, that is a change of ownership from the private sector to the government sector. If transactions like that occurred an infinite number of times over, you'd end up with pure socialistic economy where government owns and operates it all.
What I described above and those government projects in the article isn't redistribution, as you claim. Redistribution is typically when government taxes people making $100,000 a year, for example, and then distributes that money to those making zero in the form of a welfare check. There is no redistribution of money from one citizen to another with the bike trails, because the government takes the money and builds and takes ownership of the project.
The US has a capitalist/ socialist economy. It is a blend that is moving more toward socialism as government's share of GDP rises.
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Post by alexsaitta on Jul 31, 2015 7:29:05 GMT -5
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Post by geraldgarrett on Jul 31, 2015 20:17:20 GMT -5
What happened to all those folks who wanted Mayor Owens replaced? All talk, no action? Couldn't find anybody you think could beat him in an honest election? Don't actually live in the city? Lost interest and moved on to other gripes? What?
Overall, I think he's been a good mayor for Pickens, although I still think he needs to be held accountable for a few things and, at the very least, open and honest about others. Too many things have been - and are being - swept under the rug to keep them from public view.
Maybe the next four years will be a little different.
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Post by conservative on Aug 1, 2015 11:01:28 GMT -5
Gerald,
Owens was a good mayor. He became a politician along the way.
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Post by conservative on Aug 4, 2015 18:31:20 GMT -5
Lois porter is running for Pickens City Council. Recently retired after multi-decades as a front-office City of Pickens employee, she is loved and respected by co-workers and citizens alike, and would bring much needed understanding about the concerns and expectations of the people in the city. She can bring a unique perspective that will add value to the Council. As a County resident depending on City water services, I'm unable to vote for her but would not hesitate to do so if I could. Good luck, Lois.
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