tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post5679048146161132785..comments2024-01-16T19:32:02.006-08:00Comments on .: A Brief Note From Julie Zahner Bailey About This Election.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-28086982065524932172011-11-07T21:31:30.834-08:002011-11-07T21:31:30.834-08:00I'm looking forward to seeing the
"walk o...I'm looking forward to seeing the<br />"walk on" wearing his helmet and jersy to council meetings. Alert the media!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-28735674853586269642011-11-07T12:16:15.789-08:002011-11-07T12:16:15.789-08:00Man…. You JZB zealots are a one trick pony. It is ...Man…. You JZB zealots are a one trick pony. It is all about evil developers who are going to destroy Milton. What is your angle going to be next election when Matt and Lance win this time and there are then 7 evil pro developer nuts on council for two more years and NO destruction of Milton has occurred? <br /><br />This argument worked the first election and then the second just one year later but now it has been 5 years and most citizens realize what a sham that argument is.<br /><br />Milton is anti-business and that hurts everyone. There is a place for quality business in Milton in the already defined areas - Period. If anyone on Council ever tried to change that they would be crucified.<br /><br />Maybe this will mean the crazies will even stay out of any Council races in two years – one can only dream!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-54923028000175245052011-11-07T11:58:40.638-08:002011-11-07T11:58:40.638-08:0010:41... I echo that!
Vote Large / Dunz If you wa...10:41... I echo that!<br /><br />Vote Large / Dunz If you want Birmingham Park and the other open spaces in the city to be developed right away! Developed into convenience stores, condos, duplexes, cluster mansions, the famous (and consistent failure) high density / mixed use community, etc, etc, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-49624092606406591302011-11-07T10:41:18.381-08:002011-11-07T10:41:18.381-08:00JZB's 10 Year Plan for the development of Birm...JZB's 10 Year Plan for the development of Birmingham Park:<br /><br />2006 Delay<br />2007 Delay<br />2008 Delay<br />2009 Delay<br />2010 Delay<br />2011 Delay (election year!)<br />2012 Delay<br />2013 Delay<br />2014 Delay<br />2015 Delay<br /><br />If you want Birmingham Park to be developed while your kids are still young enough to use it, vote NO to JZB and Alan Tart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-9769311426437111632011-11-07T09:58:59.889-08:002011-11-07T09:58:59.889-08:004:42... right. Hurr, durr. Keep telling yourself ...4:42... right. Hurr, durr. Keep telling yourself that you are fooling everyone!<br /><br />You expect me to believe that there are two slope-headed, mouth-breathing simpletons on this forum who believe that crock of bull? Not likely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-62672493356961025162011-11-06T16:42:29.944-08:002011-11-06T16:42:29.944-08:0010:18, 8:19 and 9:19 are not by the same authors. ...10:18, 8:19 and 9:19 are not by the same authors. I wrote the 9:19 post but not the 8:19 post. <br /><br />Whatever conspiracy theory you are imagining is incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-90448096653036477492011-11-06T10:18:58.789-08:002011-11-06T10:18:58.789-08:009:19... how ironic is it that your post got timest...9:19... how ironic is it that your post got timestamped 1hr to the minute after your previous post at 8:19?!?<br /><br />That is awesome!<br /><br />For your next series of posts, please explain why you are a transparent liar and don't know how to fool people on these complicated Interwebs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-53004713378472120182011-11-06T09:19:39.679-08:002011-11-06T09:19:39.679-08:008:19, you are the sound of reason. We definitely ...8:19, you are the sound of reason. We definitely need to bring in more revenue from businesses.Like you, I don't think any council member wants to see Milton turn into Alpharetta. <br /><br />This all or nothing attitude that JZB keeps pushing is going to ruin our city. The land that encompases Milton is not composed of the same population that was here twenty years ago; therefore, there must be change in order to accommodate the new population. For example, we need to improve the infrastructure of or city and have the amenities that make living in a city comfortable (e.g., parks, sidewalks, etc.). <br /><br />Have council members ever investigated or studied other cities that are successful models for which Milton could be similar ( e.g., Greenwich, Connecticut, which also has large land lots but a thriving city center).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-63860255183611337172011-11-06T09:18:37.260-08:002011-11-06T09:18:37.260-08:008:19 Hi George Ragsdale, mayor wannabe. Are you ha...8:19 Hi George Ragsdale, mayor wannabe. Are you having a good day?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-86138382727751572632011-11-06T09:13:15.008-08:002011-11-06T09:13:15.008-08:00If you like Alpharetta so much and want to compare...If you like Alpharetta so much and want to compare each and everything in Milton to them including the toilet paper used in city hall, then why don't you move there? Yea, don't talk to our city staff or council members about our financial condition, talk to Adam Orkin who owns almost all the land in the Hwy 9 area and Crabapple or Ron Wallace who owns what land in Crabapple Adam Orkin doesn't own. Really? No one is saying they are bad people. In fact, they are just a squirrel trying to get a nut. But it takes honest people on our council to shed light on these things and keep our city balanced. Otherwise, we end up like every city USA. That's not what I moved here for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-17275072474718471742011-11-06T08:19:58.320-08:002011-11-06T08:19:58.320-08:00Folks - it is really a shame when Politicians have...Folks - it is really a shame when Politicians have to lie to get reelected. All for a $12,000 per year job? What gives?<br /><br />I have been through 5 years of elections and have yet to meet one politician who supports ruining Milton’s Character. Not one!<br /><br />I voted for Alan and Julie last time but after watching them at Council for the last 4 years I regret those votes.<br /><br />They talk to hear themselves talk and they stand in the way of and/or delay anything and everything.<br /><br />Milton has more than half as many people as Alpharetta and less than a third of the Tax revenue. IS MILTON sustainable? – Sure, if you don't build any parks, bike trails or make real road improvements. The key word above is Sustainable and for how long.<br /><br />The best Milton can do is patch roads not fully pave them. Milton has more miles of roads than Alpharetta yet only has a 1.5 Million road budget in 2012. Yet Alpharetta will spend 6.7 Million. Why would a city with ½ our land area less roads be spending more than 4 times what we are? Alpharetta spends another 6.7 Million a year on Parks and Milton has a 300,000 Park Budget. With more than ½ the population of Alpharetta should we not be spending at least 3.5 Million a year on Parks?<br /><br />In five years have we improved from Fulton County days? A little, but not very much! We have lots and lots of Police and Fire stuff but that is it.<br /><br />We need to make Milton Business friendly in the very few acres of Commercial area we have. That means be pro-business in the business areas. It doesn't mean tear down the horse farms to build factories. But Julie and Alan need to lie about good people like Ron Wallace and Adam Orkin. Two men who invested Millions of their own money in beautiful developments and homes that only improve Milton. Why would they or anyone else want to destroy it?<br /><br />To provide the same level of services as Alpharetta does - with quality/safe roads, parks, bike trails, etc our Annual Revenue needs to be 10 - 15 Million higher per year. That cannot be disputed. <br /><br />Our Parks budget should be 3 Million a year more, our roads budget should be 5 million a year more plus we should have a capital projects budget of at least another 7 million a year. Just to be on par with a slightly less affluent city like Alpharetta. <br />That is $15,000,000 more than we are currently spending and almost twice what we have in revenue. Where is that money going to come from?<br /><br />The City Manager and the rest of Council need to wake up to that reality as well – not just Julie and Alan.<br /><br />Julie and Alan are only two votes so for years that couldn't stop anything anyway but they have delayed and delayed quality projects and are simply more embarrassment that the City no longer needs.<br /><br />Don’t believe me – look at the budgets yourself – it is all online. Or better yet – talk to any business owner about what it is like to do Business in Milton. I bet you will get an earful!<br /><br /><br />We need to improve Milton’s Business image and environment. It is time for some new blood. <br /><br />Yes this can all be done without tearing down one precious horse farm and without building one apartment building on Brittle road. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-81397589925378093312011-11-06T07:26:48.410-08:002011-11-06T07:26:48.410-08:00Like everything else on this blog, you can't a...Like everything else on this blog, you can't always believe what you read. This may or may not be the real KT. Someone commented with Karen's name starting yesterday. The comment was nothing like Karen. This may be someone trying to be funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-42980255265106533692011-11-06T07:23:43.826-08:002011-11-06T07:23:43.826-08:00While you're walking your dog do some soul sea...While you're walking your dog do some soul searching into why you're allowing lies concerning bankruptcy and financial instability to permeate this community. The spotlight is on you and the other Council members - not running in this election - who are not stepping forward to clean up this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-60371598894586629042011-11-06T07:12:31.382-08:002011-11-06T07:12:31.382-08:00Gosh, Karen. How do you have time to respond to a ...Gosh, Karen. How do you have time to respond to a blog? Making Crabapple look like Little Five Point must keep you pretty busy. Just go walk your dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-56245669089302626832011-11-06T07:05:16.460-08:002011-11-06T07:05:16.460-08:00While you're on here Karen please tell us all ...While you're on here Karen please tell us all about your investments in Rome Finance the predatory, unlicensed lender that took advantage of hundreds of Ft. Campbell families.<br /><br />http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/05/ap_lending_suit_052010/<br /><br />Here's what the Asst. Attorney General of Tennessee reported,<br /><br />"Soldiers found themselves with debts they couldn't manage, and the company was going after them," Rybakoff said. "One of the single most upsetting parts of the case is when we saw the collection calls ... a soldier who died in the line of duty, who was found beheaded in the streets of Iraq, and Rome would continue to try and collect from his family for almost seven months. It's the lowest of the low — words can't describe it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-77578355185613528502011-11-06T05:13:18.355-08:002011-11-06T05:13:18.355-08:00Question, "does she work with the council and...Question, "does she work with the council and mayor, as well as city staff, by choice, or because she cant block everything since she is not in control"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com