RE: [FairfieldLife] Facebook | Yes on May 4: Committee for Fairfield Civic Center ballot issue
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 5:32 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook | Yes on May 4: Committe for Fairfeld Civic Center ballot issue On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Rick Archer wrote: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=344130496487 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=344130496487v=info v=info Rick, that place has been so poorly managed and run into the ground in such a short time that for anyone to vote yes to use public funds would require a leap of faith that nobody should be asked to make. I hope city residents vote no and let it be funded by private donations--such as the concerts they've been having. That way public funds won't be taken from public projects, and the people who use the Center will be able to continue to support it. Win/win. Anything else makes little sense IMO. Have you or anyone else in favor of using city $$ ever asked yourselves how things got so desperate in such a short period of time? How so much goodwill and high expectations were blown so quickly? Don't know, and I've only been there a few times. Only once for an event I had to pay for. I just don't want to see it go under. It's a valuable community asset.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook | Yes on May 4: Committee for Fairfield Civic Center ballot issue
On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:46 PM, Rick Archer wrote: On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Rick Archer wrote: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=344130496487v=info Rick, that place has been so poorly managed and run into the ground in such a short time that for anyone to vote yes to use public funds would require a leap of faith that nobody should be asked to make. I hope city residents vote no and let it be funded by private donations--such as the concerts they've been having. That way public funds won't be taken from public projects, and the people who use the Center will be able to continue to support it. Win/win. Anything else makes little sense IMO. Have you or anyone else in favor of using city $$ ever asked yourselves how things got so desperate in such a short period of time? How so much goodwill and high expectations were blown so quickly? Don't know, and I've only been there a few times. Only once for an event I had to pay for. I just don't want to see it go under. It's a valuable community asset. I doubt very many want to see it go under. But that doesn't mean using public funds is the way to go. I hope they can come up with some other creative ways of raising cash, like the concerts. I thought the county was right-on in not even wanting a vote. Sal
