Personal Letter: Dear Fellow Citizens of Polk City

Dear Fellow Citizens of Polk City

It is now nearing "Tax Time in the City", the date when most of us would normally pay our property taxes. But these are not normal times!!! When you receive your property tax statement I beg you to look and check what you would pay if you deferred your taxes a few months before paying. You would not be penalized except for a few dollars.

And, as a good citizen pointed out, you can contact your mortgage company and ask them to defer payment per your request. I believe it is worth a small penalty. From this point on, Polk City citizens should have some consideration concerning the expenditures of our city.

What a disappointment!! I truly believed that now we had a council that would listen to the people.

What happens when you assume some kind of a position of power? Do you all of a sudden forget all the people whom you are to represent? Do you suddenly forget the meetings you attended, sitting next to your neighbors? Meeting in a church even, surrounded by people whom you knew dreaded the thought of forced annexation.

-And now because of a previous government that cared nothing for the people of Polk City, we, again are being victimized by non-representation & a tiny populace is faced with the prospect of paying thousands & thousands of dollars for expensive lawyer representation brought on because of the previous inept government.

I consider myself, and a lot of other citizens of Polk City to be well educated; we citizens "might" possibly have some input worthy of consideration also. The people of Polk City have been speaking.

Thank God for Don Kimsey, he seems to be the only Council Member who is in touch with the people. He continually keeps the people in mind.

Garnet Given