I sit back and shake my head wondering where the common sense is in our governing bodies.

While the city of Dixon is still reeling and trying to digest the recent news of the alleged misappropriation of $30 million of city funds by our city comptroller, others are proposing new ideas with supposedly a minimal cost to Dixon citizens: a new sports complex with a possibility of being funded by a sales tax increase of up to 1 percent.

Keep in mind that one of the supporting entities, the Dixon Board of Education (except for board member Tom LeMoine) a year ago voted to basically give away nearly $1 million in property tax money that our district so desperately needs for educating our students.