City Pays 27 MILLION To Lease Lot They Recently Sold FOR A DOLLAR

A few weeks ago I filled in for a radio host here in Arizona, and the co-host and I had a pretty heated conversation about socialized healthcare.

I found it interesting that he kept rallying against the government – and then turning around and saying the government should completely take over our healthcare system. …WUT?

Government officials at EVERY LEVEL seem to screw EVERYTHING UP. Don’t give these DERP DERPS – not at ANY LEVEL – more responsibility over YOUR life.

In yet another case of “politicians may be the dumbest people in the country”, New Jersey officials are now spending 27 MILLION DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY to lease a lot they sold for a DOLLAR just a few years ago.

According to Fox News:

The city of Newark, N.J. has agreed to pay $27 million over 30 years to rent property that it previously sold in 2017 for just $1, leading some to question why the city didn’t just hold on to the land in the first place.

OH FFS. HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE?!

“We’re paying them for something that we gave them. This is basic math, it doesn’t add up,” Newark resident Debra Salters told NJ.com Wednesday during a City Council meeting, where the deal was narrowly approved in a 5-4 vote.

The autonomous Newark Parking Authority plans to erect offices, retail space and a five-story parking deck with 515 spaces at 43-67 Green Street under a $34 million redevelopment agreement with the city, the news site reported. Newark will rent storage space for its municipal court, relocate its finance department to the property and will rent 258 working spaces for use during working hours, the report said.

“This is not the Parking Authority pushing this on the city. A redevelopment agreement was passed by this council,” Anthony Mack, executive director of the parking authority, told the council. “We’re actually subsidizing the city as we’re constructing this.”

I wonder who allowed this sale to go down for a DOLLAR to begin with. Could it be that someone did a friend a favor here, knowing they’d make BANK?

Something feels veeeery fishy here.

The property is assessed at more than $10 million, according to state property records. The agreement allows the city to also lease 26,000 square feet of space. The proposed parking deck will satisfy the city’s prior agreement with the New Jersey Devils pro hockey club to build one.

This is Cory Booker’s turf, right?

I wonder how Spartacus feels about it.