Sherwood Broadband

SO as promised i sit here pondering the whole Sherwood Broadband and how it came to be. Although it is a nice idea, as the City of Portland found out very impractical and costly to run. My question is; how does a former City Council member and an employee of the city start a company to provide Sherwood Broadband for 1.5 mil a year? Does the term Conflict of Interest mean anything? How about the fact that we only generated 300k or so and the taxpayers had to foot the rest of the bill! So let's say for arguments sake that we only lost 1 million, Here is an example of what 1 million buys for us: 2 BRAND NEW Police cars(150k ea and not out of the bargain bin at Walmart, 14 more teachers (50k including benefits) Our classrooms are overcrowded and 14 teachers would help. 25 kids per classroom is good but allowing for expansion is better. Wow foresight might be asking a lot of our trusted leaders. Since they did not do that with the 298 new condos built on 99W and now the brand new school is overcrowded and not enough books or supplies to go around. That one was from our former Superintendent of schools with his PHD couldn't even do simple math. But that is a whole other thing to ponder later. And yet they ask for more. 17 million dollar budget for a city of 16k. Wow that equals $1062.50 per resident. That includes every single resident for a newborn to our Seasoned citizens. Are you people NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And wait we gave the Sheriff of Nottingham (City Manager a raise)!! Well enough of this for today as my blood pressure grows to insufferable heights. Ta Ta.

Robin