Before I forget: HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope that each of you has a safe, healthy, happy year, with a lot of time for family and friends (and, if your like me, multiple opportunities to read some really good books).
My previous blog has been sitting around for several weeks, waiting to see what would happen. Had I but waited a few more hours, I could have saved myself a few minutes work. Oh, well. The bottom-line is that the Accountant will appear on Jan. 6, 2009, at the Town Council Meeting, to present an accounting of finances to the Town Council in Public Meeting. I rushed around like crazy (I think they enjoy seeing me acting like an ant on a hot griddle) to scan the audit report for 2008 (the other 4 years will have to wait a bit...it is New Years Eve....ooops...Day now. My how time flies.
Anyway, you can find the .pdf file of the 2008 audit on the citizen's webpage. Just click the link (2nd one down) to go to the file and view it for yourself.I'm not saying there are any deep, dark secrets hidden anywhere in this document. I am simply saying that citizens have a right to have this information and to ask questions, if they so desire. That is the whole purpose of open government and is the cornerstone of good government. Keeping this kind of information visible to the public prevents misconceptions and the perception of 'shaky deals happening in the dark'.
It would be wonderful if I simply got the lights turned on and there was absolutely NO wrong-doing to be found. The more information is kept from the public, the more it appears that something is hidden. Putting the information out there, for citizens to see, shows that there is nothing to hide.
Now, back to sign ordinance research. (Hey! It's a day off, I can spend it anyway I want:)