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Suisun council members receive positive budget report
SUISUN CITY — The City Council got some good budget news Tuesday.
“It’s great to know we have a more promising future budget,” Mayor Pete Sanchez said after a presentation by the city’s Finance Department that projects no layoffs, no pay cuts and no cuts in services for the fiscal year 2013-14. “All other cities are looking at us with envy.”
The council praised city employees for their willingness to make concessions during the past few years.
“When you look at the last five years, this is monumental,” City Manager Suzanne Bragdon said.
The Finance Department projects a 5 percent increase in property tax and a 3.5 percent increase in sales tax for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The review also suggested that the selective hiring freeze and concessions made by city employees remain in effect.
The council will get the budget at the end of May and should vote on it in June.
In other business:
The Police Department’s cadet program members were presented to the council and audience. A lighthearted video featuring the eight cadets in training was shown.
“There will be a sequel (to the video),” Police Chief Ed Dadisho said. “I think that they will name it something like ‘Suisun 911.’ ”
He was referring in jest to the Comedy Central police show called “Reno 911.” The cadet program had been on hiatus for a few years.
The city was also presented with a trophy for being the SoFit city for having the most residents in last year’s SoFit challenge.
Reach Amy Maginnis-Honey at 427-6957 or amaginnis@dailyrepublic.net. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/amaginnisdr.
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George Guynn, JrFebruary 20, 2013 - 4:24 am
Not mentioned in the article above is that the Mayor Sanchez plans to try for the THIRD TIME to add fluoride to the public water supply. Fluoride is used for rat poison and the public does NOT need it in their water. For those brain dead people that believe in fluoride, they can get it without polluting the water supply from the drug store or a dentist. Adding fluoride to the water supply is medication without consent of the public and results in most of the fluoride going into the marsh from the landscape watering.
Reply |StR Just say NO to fluorideFebruary 20, 2013 - 10:35 am
This means you Mike Hudson, we have sorta had this discussion before...remember Fluoride is bad. Something Suisun does right at this time is NO FLUORIDE.....Fluoridation: Is tooth decay more important than brain decay?....... Our city needs to reconsider the thousands of dollars we taxpayers spend on water fluoridation. Ever wonder why the United States consistently shows a drop in educational test scores versus the rest of the world? A recent study conducted by Harvard University researchers published in a federal government journal concluded, “Our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on Children’s neurodevelopment.” Did you know fluoride is listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) database of developmental neurotoxicants as a “chemical with substantial evidence for developmental neurotoxicity”? This may be why New Hampshire recently passed a statewide fluoride warning law............... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “grandfathered” fluoride in before the 1938 drug testing requirement, so in all these years, fluoride has never even been officially FDA-approved for ingestion, nor is it on the FDA’s “approved drug” list. Fluoride is a chemical byproduct. Three types are used for fluoridation, one of which is a liquid by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacturing. Because fluoride medication of our water is done outright, everyone ingests differing amounts depending on size and how much water they drink. The skin, being the body’s largest organ, also takes in fluoride every time we bathe or shower. Fluoride accumulates in our systems, and studies have shown adverse effects on nearly every organ in the body, from reducing thyroid activity to impairing kidney function. According to the National Toxicology Program, a “preponderance of evidence” from lab studies also indicates that fluoride is a “mutagenic compound.” Many mutagenic substances have been known to cause cancer. It makes sense Harvard researchers found fluoride negatively impacted the smaller, developing brains of children even worse than adults.................. When we take a drink of water, how much surface time does that mouthful have with our teeth anyway before we swallow it? We ingest fluoride and it travels to every other system in our body, accumulating there. While cavities can certainly be an issue, impaired organs and bodily system function that lowers our overall life expectancy seems a tad direr in the grand scheme of things. Is dental health more important than organ health? While people have cheap, easy access to fluoridated toothpaste and toothbrushes, there is no quick drugstore remedy that can fix potentially permanent organ damage and a forever lowered IQ that studies show water fluoridation can cause..........Thank you.....Suisun City Council continue to protect your citizenry by NOT putting Fluoride in your water. For the rest of the cities of Solano County WAKE UP...Please take the Fluroide out of our water it is helping to physilogically dumb down our children and people...look at me I can hardly spell corectly anymore.
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 20, 2013 - 10:59 am
A question for the Conspiracy Queen... What does the CDC have to gain?
Reply |StRFebruary 20, 2013 - 11:07 am
This is about all anyone really needs to know.... The Rockefeller Foundation was an early and important sponsor of the CDC. Remember the destruction of the Untied States and the plans for the NWO have been methodically put in place over time by sinister forces. They have been Planning their work (setting up the world for the arrival of the anti-christ, The Great Work) and Working their plan for a long time now. Remember the government is not necessarily your friend.
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 20, 2013 - 11:11 am
And they are not by definition, your enemy.
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 20, 2013 - 11:16 am
Google "MSNBC: Believing In Conspiracy Theories Is A Form Of Psychosis"
Reply |StrFebruary 20, 2013 - 11:36 am
Nice try this is the programmed retort to shut down discussion.
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 20, 2013 - 12:21 pm
Not at all. Just a simple warning to others to consider the source.
Reply |StRFebruary 20, 2013 - 12:30 pm
Right back at you...Hmmmmmm...Consider this source..."Decide for Yourself"....what is this persons game? The person seems to enjoy belittling others, must have a mean streak in him/her?
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 20, 2013 - 12:35 pm
Just a little one
Reply |George Guynn, JrFebruary 20, 2013 - 1:20 pm
Decide for yourself, should we trust a person, Mike Hudson, that had to start a process to increase his pay two weeks after he got in office? Now, Suisun Council Members get more money than Fairfield or Beverly Hills! As someone that rarely misses a council meeting, I can tell you that Hudson is one of the most self-serving people that I have ever met. StR is right and you totally wrong about fluoride.
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 20, 2013 - 2:03 pm
What does a pay raise have to do with flouride?
Reply |George Guynn, JrFebruary 21, 2013 - 12:06 am
Decide for yourself, the pay raise is an example of Hudson being self-serving. Hudson is also being self=serving in pushing fluoride. He could care less about anyone but himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't be trying to dumb down kids with fluoride/rat poison to make it appear that he cares about the kids or the public.
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 21, 2013 - 6:25 am
That makes no sense
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 21, 2013 - 6:37 am
Counterpoint. According to the CDC... Adverse Health Effects The weight of the peer-reviewed scientific evidence does not support an association between water fluoridation and any adverse health effect or systemic disorder, including an increased risk for cancer, Down syndrome, heart disease, osteoporosis and bone fracture, immune disorders, low intelligence, renal disorders, Alzheimer disease, or allergic reactions. Additional information can be found on the Safety page. Environmental Impact Research findings do not support an association between water fluoridation and negative health effects on plants and animals. Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in virtually all waters. It is present in seawater at levels between 1.2 to 1.4 mg/L and in surface waters from 0.1 to over 1.0 mg/L, and can be found in some ground water over 10 mg/L. Because of the dilution effect of receiving waters relative to the volume of treated wastewater, a river’s fluoride concentration will be measured at the same level upstream and downstream of a fluoridated community. Additives used for community water fluoridation are closely regulated and monitored.
Reply |StRFebruary 21, 2013 - 8:26 am
How much will this fluoride cost? Who is the manufacturer/provider of the fluoride...ie. what company will the city be buying it from? What is the Chemical composition of this fluoride (there are different types)? At what step in the water processing is the fluoride added, where is it added?
Reply |George Guynn, JrFebruary 21, 2013 - 8:26 am
Decide for Yourself, it makes no sense to you that Hudson is self-serving, but if you knew him it would. You should ask Hudson's former campaign manager that is owed $38K and probably will never ever get paid about Hudson!
Reply |Decide for YourselfFebruary 21, 2013 - 8:32 am
The discussion was about the merits of fluoride. Hudson's credibility doesn't change that discussion.
Reply |George Guynn, JrFebruary 21, 2013 - 1:47 pm
Decide for Yourself, if credibility doesn't matter for Hudson, then it is okay for all politicians to be Prison Convicts? Should all the people in the Finance Department be thieves? Studies on fluoride don't need credibility either? Get serious! We do NOT need fluoride/rat poison in our water.
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