You're absolutely right. It's not government protection we need but protection from government. Give them nothing and take nothing from them.
You're absolutely right. It's not government protection we need but protection from government. Give them nothing and take nothing from them.
The notion here is that any money from the government is good money. That small towns need the funds, even if it means making people back into their parking spots on Main Street. They apply for, and receive (is this not a clue that it's all BS?), every grant they find out about. The town was granted 4.5 MILLION DOLLARS for "revitalization" (this is a very vibrant little town, no government revitalization needed) soon after I moved here. The Democrats were drooling with love for the Democratic governorm who has amply demonstrated that she is a certifiable nut job, starting with her first years in office during the covid con (her predecessor had to resign for womaninzing and Democrats hate that). I'm ranting. I'm going to rant on. Umpteen smaller businesses applied for sub-grants of the 4.5 million dollar grant to get their acts even better together. A few of them got grants. We are now, nearly five years later, watching the village board jump through hoops trying to get (by spending it on whatever the state tells them they have to spend it on) the remaining funds, which by my estimate is at least 3 million dollars. They had to agree to register most of the idyllic village (including my house) as Landmark real estate. My alarm bells went off!! MY HOUSE HAS TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE?! No one else could see the problem with that. They could only see that they would receive a kick back of some percentage of any money they spent on fixing up their homes, after they've jumped through a few seemingly minor hoops, involvew with registering, of course. Registering the work they have done on the inside of their homes with the state! The funds are not for only the outside like most Landmark's regulations. No siree, we gotta tell them what fixes we are doing on our kitchens to get the money. Better just hope they are not in cahoots with appraisers, or your real estate taxes will shoot up. I look around me and I see idiots everywhere.
It's the same here. It seems there are grants for everything. When we got our solar installed and had our well upgraded, the providers couldn't believe we weren't applying for the government grants.
Good for you! When they are kicked out of their homes because they hadn't filed a report on time, you will still be there. Or will you? Where have you been for two weeks?
The board members keep complaining about this or that administrative (reporting) task they have to do, that they don't know why they have to do it but feel they have no choice. There's even a county-wide agency that gets to give out village tax exemptions (for solar and wind power related businesses) without discussing it with the village! I tell them they probably took a grant for something years ago that had that requirement attached.
My goal is to stop them from blindly taking money from the government! They spend ZERO time researching what the strings are. This business really has me fearing to live here. I hope Tennessee is better. I doubt it. Few refuse 'free' money.
I'm gonna thank you for the most recent sbi. Thank you!
Right back at ya! You're very kind.
I apologize for the typos