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The group has always refused to disclose its donors or even its taxable spending on political races, once even secretly buying its own newspaper in Madison County, Illinois to help spread its propaganda.
The Chamber’s board of directors is represented by industry giants such as IBM, AT&T, Massey Energy, Deloitte LLP, 3M, Caterpillar, Accenture, Pfizer Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corporation.
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: netwarrior
Oh one of the city council members if very agreeable and we work together very well. He is a good guy and really does work hard.
One.
originally posted by: toysforadults
I have been attending city council meetings, regularly communicating with city council members and I just spent over an hour at our local Chamber of Commerce looking for answers on what's happening with our community and why it is where it is.
1. Taxes go up every year.
2. City officials continue to get huge raises every year regardless of tax increases.
3. The Chamber of Commerce is not shaping a message for the future of our community.
4. City officials do not want input from the local populace.
5. Corruption and nepotism rules the roost.
It's obvious many of these "officials" want to show up to work, effectively accomplish nothing and receive fantastic benefits and pensions for the rest of their life with minimal to no effort.
I am going to continue to escalate my questions and concerns with these officials until I get answers. Right now I plan on approaching the local papars to find an investigative journalist who is interested in writing a story about the state of our local administration.
We need to hold these people accountable.
(this may belong in the political forum not sure)
originally posted by: netwarrior
As a local civil servant that fights tooth and nail to make sure the world your children inherits is cleaner than the world we were given, feel free to cram your generalizations squarely where the sun doth not shine.
You're right about 90% of the time, though. jmho.