Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Spending our money again!

First of all this morning the Mayor on his weekly "chat with Randy show" talks about a third new hotel coming to the Pass. On the 6 acre property across from the high school that was only listed For Sale three weeks ago, that has not even sold yet. You would think that he would wrap up the hotel on the piece of land that's been available for three years before he moves on to another venture.

Maybe the fact that the land is being rezoned by council has got him prematurely excited. It's a huge leap forward from zoning to a new hotel I thought we would have learnt that lesson by now. 

Next from the Municipal web site http://www.crowsnestpass.com/finance-a-administration/employment I see we are now advertising for another addition to our bureaucratic team. Yes another one, a  Human Resources Administrator Permanent Part time. 

Their is no question I think anybody outside of the glass bubble called council chambers recognizes that we have a tremendous issue with morale among the work force. Probably more outstanding grievances than there as ever been in the history of the municipality. Don't believe me talk to the employees.

But the big question on my mind is our are we going to pay for all of these people to run this bureaucratic monster? It's not sustainable in the long term. 

Unless of course we are already funding them with the additional revenues from all these new hotels and coal mines.    

Note: Check out Joni McFarlane's latest update on the Crowsnest Centre site:

Costs released for proposed hotel

 http://www.crowsnestpasspromoter.com/2013/08/19/costs-released-for-proposed-hotel

Unbelievably the taxpayers paid for the snacks at the open house.