From the Email Inbox: Interesting Conflict of Ideas and Actions:

Dear Gramps:

Upon reviewing the documents posted on this site and those that were made available to the City Council on Swertfeger Equipment I have a deep concern about the honesty of some in City Hall. Why on Earth would the City waive a $42,000 business fee to one individual? They are so concerned with revenue why would they not collect it from a million dollar business that is expanding in violation of the law.

What is the cost of the July fire that burned Blue Mountain and threatened homes all the way to Reche Canyon? I would think it much more than the Soccer League made on the sale of the fireworks that without a doubt started the fire. That $42,000 could have gone to youth actives or the sports teams.

The City cannot afford actives for the youth here but can afford to waive a $42,000 fee. What is the motivation here for allowing Swertfeger to not pay what was legally owed to the City? If the City did not get paid, then who did? Someone needs to wake up in law enforcement and initiate an investigation. Again, what is the motive for waiving this fee? This is not rocket science nor is it unheard of to buy a City official to avoid paying a required tax or fee.

The Public Corruption Unit of the FBI needs to be informed and a request made for them to step in here and investigate. A question, among many, that needs to be answered is who gave to whom the authority to waive such a fee? That person needs to address the City at a Council meeting and explain. This question, without a doubt, will be ignored as the other questions brought to the Council that they don't want answered.

Something really smells here. How many other businesses were waived the fees because as Mr. Swertferger stated at a Council meeting he has friends in Grand Terrace. Apparently he has some in City Hall also.

Gramps Adds:

This is they type of question a Good City Council Member would ask and insist upon being answered and investigated.