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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />:Attention Taxpayers: <br /> <br />City Manager Neal Beets drives a pickup truck just like the one above thanks to the <br />,.council's generous $6,000 annual contribution. Former City Manager Sarkozy got paid. <br />less, had better performance reviews, and never drove a vehicle this nice and new. <br /> <br />, ' ,,-; <br /> <br />'The council also g"ives' Beets $1000 a year id p:ay for lunches, ~ so they don't have to <br />worry about hjm getting hungry while.he drives"around in :his newtruck." (I guess a <br />$11 G,OOO salary' doesr}'t go as far as it used to.) . <br /> <br />The council also has $25,000 to do a survey which will say that 980/0 of us like living in <br />this part of the Twin Cities, which is what the last two surveys said. <br /> <br />The council also gives a $3000 annual driving allowance to some employee positions <br />that have nowhere to drive to on city business. Comparable cities do not give these <br />same driving allowances. <br /> <br />The council also spends thousands of dollars funding a program to vacuum up leaves <br />off of 100/0 of the people's front yards, while the other 900/0 take care of their leaves <br />themselves. Some have garbage haulers recycle their leaves for free. <br /> <br />Due to the foolish city council spending above, in addition to other wasteful <br />expenditures, the council has to close down the Harriet Alexander Nature Center. <br />The center was built with funds from the late Harriet Alexander estate which wa' <br />donated to the city. Nice way to respect a person's last donation. <br />