Stop The Spending
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KFDM - TV reported that The Ford Park citizens' advisory committee is recommending the county spend more money on the entertainment complex.
More money to something that nobody supports unless it has free admission.
Now, don't get me wrong. I believe down the line Jefferson County, Texas will benefit from Ford Park but right now the only option for this committee to do is to find solutions to make the park less dependent on county subsidies. It's a no brainier I thought.
More taxpayer money = no butts in the seats.
To The Ford Park citizens' advisory committee:
For years now the county has been throwing money to change the image of Ford Park and to get citizens to attend events. Let's try something new. For once, listen to what the taxpayers want. That's why your called the citizen's advisory committee. So listen to what we are saying and do what is best for the citizens and the county. Think about it!
1 comments:
Jeff,
You seem to be warming to the editorial business quite handily. Keep it up, as one of the immutable rules of politics is that nothing moves unless it is pushed.
The citizen's committee that is advising the county Commissioners on Ford Park is listening to public comments and preparing their final report to the Commissioners next week, in time for budget action to be done prior to October 1, the start of a new fiscal year. I have been invited to monitor their meetings and have done so closely. Most of the feedback they have received has been a desire for more county underwritten "freebies" at the Park. At last week's sparsely attended town hall, only GOP county chair Doug Conner took the podium to voice the same position as your comments.
To be fair to the Ad Hoc committee, they are not to be concerned with the methodology of financing their recommendations, only to report what they have found to be the message of the citizens, tempered with their own business experiences. They are in existence for only ninety days, which is quickly running out. The commissioners will have to find ways to do that, and with proper leadership may do so.
I believe the best option would be for the commissioners to form a permanent Parks Board, as recommended by the costly ($160M), yet shelved, MGT report from over a year ago. That type of committee would be able to do as you suggest, but it will take a progressive, unifying leader to provide that.
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