Let’s have a little fun. The Town Bugle came today. Big whoop. Upcoming meetings on the Town sponsoring another study, to look at how to develop the economy say that the Town welcomes input from citizens. It’s interesting that certain citizens are now trying to get the information that the Town has refused to give them, yet now the Town seeks those same things from paid consultants. These are things that the Town should have known long ago. What has taken them so long? What are those items? Square footage of retail, number and types of stores just to get things started. How can it possibly be that the Town doesn’t have these numbers? It’s what they use to judge economic development and taxes on. As to studying lodging and retail trends, that’s what Marsh and the equally incompetent Pickering are being paid to know. If we need consultants, we sure as hell don’t need them. Fire them both!
Did anyone else notice that under the report that Home Rule failed, Repola said the issue would be looked at again before deciding future action. Let’s be clear, Repola is the hired boy that works for the Trustees. Who the hell is he to say what the Town will do. I guess that would be up to the Trustees. So, back down boy, you don’t speak for the Town. You are just the hired hand.
More to the point of this diatribe, don’t, DO NOT, give money to the Cultural Arts Council. Sure, we’re for the arts and everything they do for this community. However, under these circumstances the Town has proven that they are dishonest liars. Remember the FOSH money? That’s the money that was donated by wonderful caring citizens to support a collaboration of the arts, the Stanley and the Town. The Town caused that to fail, and then they finagled the money to hold in reserve for the arts, then when asked to cough it up they decided to keep it. And Bill Pinkham, a dedicated advocate of the arts is a Trustee. Bill, you are a sell out!
Now, as mentioned here before, Bob’s Amoco property was paid for by our money, given to the Town’s favorite developers, and in order to reclaim the $1 million purchase price they want to stick it to the arts group. Why reward the Town for a stupid financial decision? What should the arts group do? Demand that the money be given to them. Once the commitment is made, then, and only then, can you believe that your donation will be put toward a good cause.
