Central Machine Works
Wondering About Intel
RECEIVED Mon., May 3, 2004
Dear Editor,
I was sorta wondering when the editorial board of the Chronicle was going to demand that Ronnie Earle do something to recover the $1.25 million that the City Council illegally gave Intel? I mean, it's not legal for a city in Texas to simply hand over $1.25 million of taxpayer money without even a signed contract or promissory note, is it? Maybe Earle is unaware of the law, like when he failed to prosecute Kroger for using state helicopters to commute to work. Anyway. The former mayor and most of the current members of the City Council, endorsed enthusiastically by this paper, handed Intel more than a million bucks without any guarantee, and all we got for it was an eyesore and a promise by, I believe, Jackie Goodman "to try to make sure something like this doesn't happen again," or words to that effect. The city is $60 million-plus in debt, and we allow them to simply give $1.24 million away for some sweetheart deal that turned more into date rape? No laws broken, nobody held accountable, not even one person fired? Where's the outrage, the calls for justice? Where's our money? I bet you dollars to duck shit that right now the city is buying new computers with Intel chips and not AMD. Any takers?
I was sorta wondering when the editorial board of the Chronicle was going to demand that Ronnie Earle do something to recover the $1.25 million that the City Council illegally gave Intel? I mean, it's not legal for a city in Texas to simply hand over $1.25 million of taxpayer money without even a signed contract or promissory note, is it? Maybe Earle is unaware of the law, like when he failed to prosecute Kroger for using state helicopters to commute to work. Anyway. The former mayor and most of the current members of the City Council, endorsed enthusiastically by this paper, handed Intel more than a million bucks without any guarantee, and all we got for it was an eyesore and a promise by, I believe, Jackie Goodman "to try to make sure something like this doesn't happen again," or words to that effect. The city is $60 million-plus in debt, and we allow them to simply give $1.24 million away for some sweetheart deal that turned more into date rape? No laws broken, nobody held accountable, not even one person fired? Where's the outrage, the calls for justice? Where's our money? I bet you dollars to duck shit that right now the city is buying new computers with Intel chips and not AMD. Any takers?
Carl T. Swanson