MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County supervisors expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the nation before rejecting a second round of Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funding during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting in Kingman.
Dist. 5 Sup. Ron Gould said the American work ethic is being undermined because the country is “run by communists, apparently.” He said the federal government has gone overboard with pandemic relief funds, nurturing an environment where many would rather collect welfare subsidy than “flip hamburgers’’ for $15 an hour.
“There’s a big problem getting people to go back to work. We’ve now created basic, universal income where people can sit on their tails and not work. It’s destroying small business. It’s destroying the nation. It’s destroying the work ethic in the nation and you’re socializing America,” Gould said. “The federal government wants to bail out poorly run Democrat states by giving them money and they have to give republican states that money also.”
Dist. 2 Sup. Hildy Angius said Americans have shown great mettle in working through the pandemic and that most need not be coddled by Uncle Sam.
“I think the government thinks that people are like little birds in their nests and they’re fragile and frail and they’re waiting for government to come and put a little worm in their mouth. But people aren’t like that, especially in Mohave County,” Angius said. “I believe COVID is in the rear-view mirror and I also believe that people are resilient and that they have figured it out.”
Angius noted that the county has spent only about one-fifth of the first $5-milllion ERAP grant and that the second ERAP allocation for $5.1-million should not be accepted.
“At some point, this looks less like COVID relief and more like ushering in socialism where people go to the government when they need help with their rent and their utilities,” Angius said. “And soon it’s going to be food. I, for one, am not going to be a part of that.”
The Board voted to reject round two ERAP funding. The county has until Sept. 30, 2022 to spend or return the balance of its round one ERAP allocation.
Dave Hawkins
Gould should be flipping burgers or making license plates. That would be more productive than him constantly whining about government, but busting all efforts to always have a taxpayer paid government job. A bit hypocritical.
Gould should be flipping burgers or making license plates. That would be more productive than him constantly whining about government, but busting all efforts to always have a taxpayer paid government job. A bit hypocritical.
Truth is spoken. On the flip side, companies don’t want to hire with no experience.
Damned if we do Dames if we Don’t!!!
Truth is spoken. On the flip side, companies don’t want to hire with no experience.
Damned if we do Dames if we Don’t!!!