Auntie Charo's Soapbox

The economy certainly must've been really looking up since the front office staff got some really good raises and most every body at the police station(I'm not saying that they don't deserve it!!!)got raises(recently more received promotions) and we're spending all $ort$ of money on learning how to be $u$$e$$ful leader$ at hotel$ $eminar$ and taking all $orts of off-i$land junket$....how come it i$ that we're out of money and here it is we're only at the middle part of February? Under normal circumstances, we're usually crying for money(and believe me, it's usual!!!) around the end of May or mid-June.......could it be that we've spent all the money early HOPING for a wind fall(is that one word or two?)......should we have another state of the territory address with a more accurate prediction of where we are fiscally?

I have relatives that can't retire from DOE and the hospital because the money they paid in for their retirement was stolen from them.....it ain't there for them to retire with....people call talk show hosts daily crying over refunds that they've been waiting for that they might've gotten paid if they had gone to Tony Sanchez for instead of Rev-n-Tax....oh and the list goes on......."There is a castle on a cloud,I like to go there in my sleep,Aren't any floors for me to sweep,Not in my castle on a cloud."We all love a fantasy.....some of us live the dream then wake up and go to work........some of us never wake up!