Budget Solutions and Guidance:

Here is what can be done by the Citizens of GT.

1: Have a Citizen Backed Measure put on the next Ballot that says:
A: All City General Fund and City Redevelopment Agency Funds must be kept separate at all times.
B: The City Shall have a Balanced budget based only on its revenue excluding any use of funds transferred from the City Redevelopment Agency.
C: The City Redevelopment Agency can no longer issue Debt Bonds and must pay back the current debt in 5 years or go into foreclosure.
D: Establish City Employee Pay and Compensation Limits to be 10 Percent above the Median Individual Income of GRAND TERRACE. We do not need to pay a Kings Ransom for a the job of a stable boy. This is not Los Angeles, or San Diego folks.
E: Routine Billing should be contracted out and the Finance Department minimized to the direct function of City Government Only.
F: Order the Reorganization on Retirements and Extended Payments to Tom Schwab and all employees earning above 80,000 and former and current city council members. Reduce their retirement benefits to fit the service they rendered... and what the city can afford after having been taken to the cleaners by them.

Public Supported Measures are the only way the People can Take Back Grand Terrace. We can't wait till 2012 to get rid of some of the council members who think Debt is Good... and they are REPUBLICANS... GADS.