re: Mayor Kip Holden asks voters to renew the BREC taxes when they vote TODAY.

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People love BREC parks. They don't know or care about surpluses, they just want the neighborhood park to stay clean and safe.

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I agree.

I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of EBR citizens have no idea that BREC has over $81 million stashed away in its various bank accounts yet is saying if today's tax proposals, which generate $23 million/year, are not renewed, BREC will have to shut down parks, lay off workers, blah, blah, blah.

It's a load of crap! BREC could operate for over 3 years from its bank accounts to replace the loss of the revenue from these renewals without affecting any of its parks.

But it's a moot point. The renewals will be overwhelmingly approved and BREC's bank accounts will continue to grow. (They increased by $10 million just in 2013.)