We have bigger issues than the Coliseum.
The current Council has jumped into the middle of a Coliseum quagmire that is sapping energy from them, City staff and citizens when we have HUGE fiscal problems that must be solved. A sales tax short fall of six percent or more, a 75% drop in development and other fees that fund services, lower utility usage and a coming tsunami of decline in property tax revenues has the potential to plunge the city into a giant fiscal black hole that could hold us back for years to come. One realtor suggested that a possible 20% drop in valuations or more may be coming, a devastating fiscal blow to City, School and County revenues.
