Bauserman Blew Home Rd Project

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Slowboat wrote:

DITHERING by Bauserman is the reason road projects are slower than molasses in Delaware county. it is not money, there is plenty of sales tax money siloed for Bausermans's use. Sawmill Parkway was supposed to have been completed by 2010 NOT and the Home Rd Bridge overpass in 2008 NOT. Now the Home /Rd project is on indefinite hold because funds which were available in 2008 are now gone and the State has to get alternative sources of funds. If Bauserman is just going to let money accumulate it go could be put to better use in the general fund for the County.

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WhereToSpend wrote:

Chris Bauserman's sales tax road fund continues to grow while productivity in promised new road construction continues to lag. Given the delicate economic situation would it not be better to transfer 2010 road sales tax revenues to the general fund on a temporary basis until such time as the economy improves??

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Randy wrote:

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NO! Please allow me to provide some clarification.
Mr. Bauserman is by far the finest County Engineer in this state. Delaware County has some of the best managed infrastructure in Ohio.
None of the delays related to Home Rd were a result of the County Engineer's office. The incompetence occured at the state level. The County Engineer's office has done everything they possibly could to get it built. The state promised, and dedicated funding. The County did their part - even had teh project out to bid! Then ODOT decided they had "over extended" themselves and pulled the funding.
Delaware County's Road Sales Tax money is intended for use on roads (get the connection between the name and the intended use?). That is what we voted for. That is what the commissioners promised. That is what we citizens intend to see happen. This is not general fund money. The Commissioners are responsible to figure out how to manage their own budget - not pilfer from others.
On the flip side, the County Commissioners do have access to and oversight of the Regional Sewer District. Have you, by chance, looked at the finances at that department, and evaluated the management / leadership there?

DITHERING wrote:

Thanks for your explanation, but you neglect to address the Dithering issue which basically is a reflection on Bauserman's ability to manage and motivate public employees to perform at the highest level.
You also seem to forget that the sales tax was to have been temporary and only for maintenance, but was made permanent and for new construction by the previous commissioners. so technically Bauserman would not be getting any sales tax money if the Commissioners had not taken that action. In hard economic times a change of sales tax allocation by the new commissioners would be just as appropriate as the previous decsaion to make a temporary maintenance tax permanent.
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Road Kill wrote:

Whie some may claim what a great job Bauserman has done, it has come at a price. Not for the developers, but for the residents, the people who elect him. Just talk to anyone who has been impacted by one of his projects, and you will find disgruntled citizens with dozer tracks on their backs from getting run over. He has bamboozled the taxpayers and plays the dirtiest kind of politics there are. He is a world-class windbag.
Any decent engineer with a P.E. and a P.S. can make a lot more money in private practice. So, we hardly get (or got)the best and brightest. It is an ego thing, he must be trying to make up for something else. He wouldn't make a decent pimple on an honest man's behind.
If you are interested in results, and don't care about your citizens or the laws and regulations, he is without a doubt your man. Unfortunately, we are probably stuck with him, because nobody else wants the job.

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Homey Road wrote:

Ready Fire Aim, the motto of all Del Co republicans. No plan, just tax and spend, then cut a tax and increase the spending.
Only a moron would buy the land and send the money downtown without having a commitment - the money appropriated and transferred - before buying $3 Million dollars of tiny parcels with a view of the railroad tracks. Newsflash - the democrats ain't gonna help a bunch of windbag republicans in Del Co.
Who got that cash - Yost and Bauserman contributors?
The only plan is to squeeze contributions from vendors.
BTW Randy do you just suck or swallow too when you are taking care of bowser's bizness?

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There is no hope wrote:

You can't discuss anything on this topix site this is just a place for people like Homey Road and Road Kill (who are probably the same person) to mock and poke fun at good people in this town I agree Mr Bauserman is a fine man who is doing a great job at a very trying job. Imagine his postion, to have to answer to the people and build roads and bridges usually under budget and finishing before estimated completion dates. The downturn in the economy has Sawmill held up and Home road overpass had problems that certainly were not Mr. Bausermans doing. I applaud me Bauserman and the engineers at Delaware County we are fortunate to have such a devoted bunch to keep our roads maintained and safe Thank you!

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Downturn wrote:

The downturn is no excuse. Projects were to have been started before the economic downturn in Dec 2008. Bauserman's staff dithered around and were not aggressive. In the meantime taxpayers money is being squandered in Bauserman's silo when it could have been used for other beneficial purposes or at the very least the sales tax for roads could have been temporarly rescinded until Buaserman got his act together. When the Commissioners started to look into it, Bauserman got on his bully pulpit and cried saying he would do better. Sorry Chris you had your chance we should take your money away until you get your act together.
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Randy wrote:

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As noted - you (a) are uniformed about the subject matter (b) you have a personal grudge against the County Engineer and (c) you are not capable of, or willing to, to have a civil conversation. So - I'll just stop responding now.