Former City Manager Tom Schwab, who said, "I borrowed 4.6 million from the RDA and gave it to the City with no intention to pay it back", was back at trying to explain or justify his management and accounting practices again.
Yes, it is true, that SOME administrative funds from the RDA are paid to the City. Those funds or transfers are LEGITIMATE. Those funds are what should finance some of the operations like the Planning Department, and so forth.
What Mr. Schwab can't grasp is that the City Council Members of the Past did not know that he was going beyond the legal use of the RDA money when he encouraged spending the funds that were as he characterized Loaned to never be paid back. The 4.6 Million that the City now has a plan to PAY BACK in spite of his malfeasance.
The Taxpayers pay it back one way or another Mr. Schwab that money will not be used for other purposes, it will come out of tax money some where some how... Unless it is coming out of your personal pension you were so happy to bloat up for yourself along with your car and house.
HOW you think you can justify your past actions and encourage the citizens to trust you in the future is just beyond comprehension. Voters should know, he will do what he did in the past. He will be horsetrading, making of loans from this fund to that fund for expediency, and he will cover up errors and violations of the law if it suits his personal agenda.
Grand Terrace does not need to continue his legacy of Miss Management nor do we need to Endorse His Past Actions by Electing Him to Office.
