Colonial Theater Funding

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Originally Posted by LongBay

This is what happens when you get the leaders of a non-profit pitching an elephant and promises everyone the elephant will not cost the taxpayers a dime. Then as time goes by, they change their story and convince town hall to hand over the cash so they can finish making the elephant and get the food to keep it alive. Meanwhile, the taxpayers never have a say because the decision was made without them. Why may you say taxpayers don't get to chime in...the non-profit leaders create a false sense of urgency to town hall leaders the elephant will die next week if they don't hand over the money NOW. We all know everyone doesn't want to see an elephant die. Now, if everyone was told the truth in the first place the elephant is actually a wicked witch and and a decision was made to land a house on top of it, everyone would be singing ding dong the witch is dead, the witch is dead...

Very clever. You have real talent!

You summarized the issue perfectly. Our city leaders are under the illusion that if only we can put lipstick on a pig, the pig will become more beautiful for everyone to see. However, as I've stated in prior posts, the city leaders have already cemented their vision of what Laconia is to become. A downtown chock full of Section 8 housing and rehab centers. Instead of investing in other paths, the city leaders decided to take the quick money from this current path without any thought as to the future. Unfortunately, our city is not filled with nor attracting young families with bright futures, who would have enjoyed these city-funded attractions.