Cleveland Mayor Jackson blasting Trump and Kasich budgets

It seems that our Mayor Frank Jackson is the biggest HYPOCRITE of them all when talking about budgets of the State of Ohio and the Trump Administration. Jackson complains about getting less money from Columbus and Washington but he is soooooooo ready to give the NBA CAVS $88M for an arena "outdoor makeover" that the CAVS should pay for. Mayor Jackson also wants to build a $2M Dirt Bike track that will be placed in a residential neighborhood and they don't have a SOLID PLAN of how and who will be running this Dirt Bike track, along with projections on how the city will make that money back, plus profit.

Here are a few quotes from 2 articles on Cleveland.com, from Mayor Jackson and several Cleveland City Councilman:

"On behalf of the citizens of Cleveland I am writing to express opposition to the proposed FY 2018-2019 Ohio Biennial Budget," Jackson wrote. "The proposed budget includes provisions that continue to erode charter cities' 'home rule' authority. further deplete the local government fund and contribute to regressive tax shift."

In his letter, Jackson outlines potential losses to the city. They are:

$440,000 for a 1% fee charged against about $44.4 million in the business net profit taxes, based on 2016 collections. (Estimates for 2017 cited by Council President Kevin Kelley suggest collections could be as high as $75 million in business taxes, which would push the fee up to $750,000.)

$1.4 million less in 2017 than in 2016 under the new formula of redistributing local government funds.

$2.1 million less in 2018 and thereafter in local government funding as the new formula kicks in for a full year.

"Any tax cuts in the budget are a de facto 'tax shift', and have the net effect of pushing a larger portion of the tax burden onto the lower income residents of Ohio," Jackson wrote. "This is particularly harmful to urban areas like Cleveland with large populations living at or below the poverty line."

OK Mayor Jackson. So why don't you say these things when the BILLIONAIRE NBA TEAM OWNER sends people to ask you for city tax money to do a "lipstick job" on the basketball arena? The BILLIONAIRE NBA TEAM owner can pay for it himself.

Here is what Mayor Jackson says about the Trump Budget cuts:

"Trump has unveiled a budget that would slash or abolish programs that have provide low-income Americans with help on virtually all fronts," the Washington Post wrote Thursday.

OK Mayor Jackson. It's not to hard to understand that with both State and Federal budget cuts, that the thought of a Q arena "renovation" and building a Dirt Bike track makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE!!!

It's time for Mayor Jackson to admit that he is WRONG. The COMMUNITY needs all available dollars to go towards fixing our neighborhoods and HORRIBLE ROADWAYS, as well as giving Police Chief Williams all the necessary resources to battle and stop the crime in our city. We also need that funding to combat the Heroin dependency epidemic that has reeked havoc on our city.

If the NBA CAVS and the Gateway Corporation want to renovate the Q then why can't they raise the money through private partnerships??? We as residents and homeowners, in the city of Cleveland, drastically need our neighborhoods fixed NOW NOT LATER!!

Check the links below for the following articles:

Mayor Jackson about the Trump budget

Mayor Jackson about the State of Ohio budget