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Is this what our tax dollars are paying for? Maybe the city should hire more former newscasters for $150k/year to put out more videos that no one watches.
“Is this what our tax dollars are paying for?” – yeah and a ton of other really great things like roads, cops, teachers, firemen, etc. Maybe write to the City and ask for a refund of the $.01 of your taxes that they spent on this, if even that.
Funny how the same people who complain about their “tax dollars” are many times the same people who demand more transparency and to know/see everything the City is doing. Not saying 9:39 is one of them, but more a general observation.
No doubt that our tax dollars go to essential things we all use and need, although there does seem to be excessive spending in terms of out tax dollars. Pensions, inflated salaries, abundance of “consultants,” etc. Are these videos nice? I guess. But is it something we really need? Probably not.
$oo many con$ultant$….
SBSURFER – we live in one of the most affluent cities in the country. I really don’t think SB is forgoing necessary expenditures to bring us these informative videos in their effort to be more transparent. In other words, I think we can afford them. Sure, the pensions and ridiculous salaries need to be checked and we do waste a lot it seems on consultants for every little thing we do, but complaining about an informative video made up of KEYT B-roll (already filmed for another purpose) and a couple interviews with City employees (didn’t have to pay them) that took probably an afternoon (if that) to edit and throw on YouTube ? Come on now.
You’re welcome to your opinion thinking it’s worth the time/energy/money, and I’m welcome to mine thinking that it’s not. Isn’t it great to amicably disagree?
It’s not about being worth the time, etc. It’s about whether it’s worth complaining about. I think it’s not. You think it is. Cool beans, Jeanine
Be sure to write to the City and request they stop making informative videos and save all those precious pennies for the REAL issues!
please — just let it go.
No need to get snarky.
Oh give us a break…. it’s a YouTube video and people, including you, are getting all twisted up about the money spent on it. Hey, how else do you propose the City informs us of what’s going on? Hand written letters? Drawings?
Whiners complaining about this new program boy City TV? get a life! City TV airs almost every city council and committee meeting- live and puts them on the internet. letting public have unlimited access to the slow turning wheels of government. And programs like the one now being produced give citizens information. All cities hire PR or Public Information folks. This is better- visual information about what city is doing. And this particular show encourages interested citizens to help police by volunteering. so what’s the downside of this project? using existing city resources to spread actual information and opportunities. Great program. go find something more important to complain about.
10:05 – exactly.
Yeah, it’s basically a PR deal for the City and City PD especially. Seems unnecessary at best, and overall a wasteful use of resources, at least to me. Hey, I can see why the City would feel the need to spend tax dollars on PR for the police work especially. There’s been so much public negativism directed at police officers. They want to try and reassure the YouTube watching public (small sub sector) that we’re doing out best.