Being Ignorant…Or Being Ignored

I’m Not Certain Which Is Worse


OK, I had been back in town for less than an hour today when I managed to find something that caused me to be EXTREMELY PISSED OFF.

You remember me posting about MY so called K-Street Tree Project?

You know, the project that I conceived of last February and wrote about here.

You know, the project that I first met with the mayor and the city administrator last February and wrote about here.

You know, the project that I met with the mayor, the city administrator, the County Arts Director, made a conference call with an artist in Pennsylvania last Thursday afternoon, and wrote about here.

You know, the project that I’ve spent over forty hours developing from scratch and putting the team together to implement it.

YES, THAT K-STREET TREE PROJECT.

That said, look at this article in today’s Brunswick News:

Massive oak may live anew

By KEITH LAING
The Brunswick News

The city of Brunswick is contemplating giving an oak tree felled during a K Street sewer repair project new life.

Mayor Bryan Thompson said the city is considering hiring a professional sculptor to carve the fully grown tree that had once shaded K Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Amherst Street into a community landmark that celebrates the lives of prominent Georgians.

The tree weighs more than 180,000 pounds.

Among those being considered to be commemorated are Georgia founder James Oglethorpe, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and poet Sidney Lanier. The project is expected to cost about $35,000.

Neighborhood residents expressed displeasure when the tree was removed late last year.

Thompson said the sculpture would be the city's way of apologizing to them.

"That tree should have never come down, but we now have the opportunity to bring it back in an altered form, re-done in a way that should last indefinitely," he said.

He added that the sculpture would be a welcome addition to the city landscape.
"There would be nothing else like it in the community," Thompson said. "We think it's going to be embraced."

A former artist himself, Thompson said that the key to making the project successful would be allowing the effected neighborhood to participate in the tree's renaissance.

He said he hopes Pennslyvania-based artist Joe King will be able to do more than carve the tree while he is here.

"I like the idea of being able to use the artist to teach wood carving classes so that it's more than somebody coming in, carving the tree up and there it is," he said.

King agreed to offer his expertise to the community during a teleconference with Thompson and City Manager Roosevelt Harris last week. He also expressed an enthusiasm for the project.

"It's a very exciting project," King said. "It's nice to be able to salvage something that's almost like a piece of history."


Notice anything missing?

Some little something like MY NAME, perhaps?

I don’t know if it is a case of political intrigue on the part of the Mayor’s office, editorial/journalistic ineptitude, or a little of both, but for some silly reason I feel that I most definitely have cause to feel wronged in this presentation of MY IDEA to the public of Glynn county.

Somebody...

Anybody...

Please tell me...

Why do I keep on putting up with this crap?