Hah--They Published My Letter!!!

I Knew That They Would...


Oops, I just found out that unfortunately our local fishwrapper newspaper now requires a subscription fee to read the on-line editorials and reader comments.

Dang it...

Just in case you missed it, here's my words again for your enjoyment:

The Wednesday headline in this newspaper stating “Commissioner balks at fee” caught my eye, and upon reading further into the article, I was almost ready to personally visit Commissioner’s Thaw and Keller to give them a simple, short answer to their questions about the renovated Casino “being for public use and not a commercial enterprise.”

We’re not talking rocket science here ladies and gentlemen, because all our good commissioners have to do is pick up the phone and call the Ritz Theater in downtown Brunswick to find out that the proposed $75 per hour rental rates for the renovated Theater space are quite acceptable.

Auditoriums in Savannah and Jacksonville cost even more.

Further, I believe that meeting rooms made available at a rate of $25 per hour compare favorably—in fact they are a bargain—when compared with other similar facilities here on the island.

I, personally, resent our elected officials spending over $3,000,000 of hard earned taxpayer funds on a building, and then not expecting to operate the renovated facility in a fiscally responsible manner.

Remember a building called “The New Casino” that was torn down a few years ago because of the inept maintenance and management practices of previous county administrations?

Maintenance and utilities cost money—at least at my house they do—and I don’t care if The Island Players or the Jamaican Bob Sled team is allowed to use the building, as long as the Glynn County taxpayers at least break even in the process.

Commissioner Keller actually responed to my E-mail correspondence, but I've yet to hear from Mr. Thaw & Senior Fendig.

Gentlemen...I'm still waiting...