Q: What is the proposed FY 21 budget for general fund “operating revenues”? Background: Have you ever wondered how much “operating revenue” the general fund takes in? This would seem like an easy question, but it isn’t. The reason it is … Continued
Dear Honorable Mayor and Council Members, 5-3-20 The undersigned respectfully request that agenda item # 8 be removed from the May 5, 2020 consent calendar. We believe the Town and its residents will benefit greatly from a wholistic and transparent … Continued
Measure G has been proposed by politicians Rob Rennie, Marcia Jensen and Steve Leonardis hinting that the future is bleak – yet not telling you that the town’s own budget for at least the next 5 years has … Continued
October 24, 2018 Dear Mayor Rennie, Thank you for your reply to my email. I was surprised to learn you have been aware for years of the purposeful overstatement of salary and benefits expenditures by millions of dollars in the … Continued
The Council continues to believe Town Manager, Laurel Prevetti, who now states that rather than an increase of 1.2%, it’s nearly 5.8X that, or 6.95%! So the real increase is 580% above what they have told the public in … Continued
We keep talking about “budget to budget” comparisons, so what are they? Budgets consist of arbitrary numbers. Comparing arbitrary numbers to arbitrary numbers will give you arbitrary results. The Town Staff and Council have missed the salaries and wages … Continued
Why would you give more of your money to a government which purposely inflates its salary budget in the millions of dollars to mislead you into thinking more revenues are needed? Answer – you wouldn’t (if you knew the … Continued
To The Voters And Merchants of Los Gatos: Why you should vote NO! on Measure G – the sales tax measure put forth by the Town Council for the November 6th, 2018 election. The numbers you see below come from … Continued
By Matthew C. Klein Oct. 12, 2018 3:51 p.m. ET Governments hide what they owe and ignore what they own. Current practice “misses large swaths of government activity” and encourages “illusory fiscal practices,” the International Monetary Fund … Continued
Date: August 5, 2018 To: Council Finance Committee From: Phil Koen and Jak Vannada Subject: Response to Staff memo – Review of the Town’s preliminary total … Continued