Taxpayers just foot the bills
To the editor:
There is an old country song by Travis Tritt and the lyrics read:
“Uncle Sam’s got his hands in my pockets
And he helps himself each time he needs a dime
Them politicians treat me like a mushroom
’cause they feed me bull and keep me in the blind.”
On the front page of a local publication on Sept. 26 the headline reads, “Centurylink Buys Sports Complex naming rights. Financial details not disclosed.”
The taxpayers of Lee County have long been treated like rubes at the county fair when it comes to disclosure of money spent by the Lee County Commission. They end up footing the bill for corporate cronyism.
The commission gets paid dearly by name recognition through the “Big Sugar” fronted super PACs which send out multiple campaign rack cards and flyers for those subservient to their wishes.
These commissioners get paid too much and have pensions that are too big. They are the lap dogs of those corporate sponsors whose only goal is creating monopolistic wealth for their CEOs and shareholders (Hertz, Gartner, VR Labs, etc.).
The laws crafted by the political class have made a mockery of capitalism as they are destroying the free-enterprise system and small business.
The average Lee County taxpayer is treated like dirt; with no voice and little hope.
Jon Larsen Shudlick
Fort Myers