*As our Parks Director, Jodie Adams, is presently out of town, she asked
that I respond back to your e-mail inquiry.
We are indeed selling a limited number of Christmas trees at the
Rutledge-Wilson Farm as a part of our “Christmas at the Farm” event, which
runs the weekends of Dec. 5-6 and Dec.
On Dec 7, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Tom Martz wrote:
Basically, we contracted for a limited number of Christmas trees
(100) through regular bidding process guidelines as required by the
City’s Purchasing Division. We then offer the program as a “break-
even” type of service to interested
Eric:
While this business appears to be a city subsidized operation, have you
actually gone out and checked the prices of trees in commercial lots around the
city? What if commercial prices are lower than the city's prices? If the city
prices are higher, and any citizen bought a city tree,
Jim,
Unlike a private entity the city has the attention of mass media without
charge and they have the capability of putting leaflets in all the libraries
and all the government owned businesses. I could care less whether there
trees are more expensive or less NO government entity should be in
On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:55 PM, James Hornaday Jr. wrote:
Eric:
While this business appears to be a city subsidized operation, have
you actually gone out and checked the prices of trees in commercial
lots around the city? What if commercial prices are lower than the
city's prices? If
