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Aurora Town Park":
If this idea pans out ,perhaps one of the
excluded service clubs could get a permit from the Town to sell refreshments?
That way, something positive could emerge from a negative
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As I understand , the service clubs removed themselves from the park during the "jazz" festival when the demand was made to turn over proceeds of their endeavors to the organizers.
The first beer garden held in the town was during the first July 1sr celebration. It was held in the community centre. Volunteer firefighters provided security.
Rhe police objected to that because firefighters had no authority to eject anyone who might need to be ejected. It was a riotous affair.
After some years,like homecoming, the beer garden moved out of the building but was still enclosed in a tent in Fleury Park.There was never a suggestion an entire park needed to be fenced.
I still believe somebody besides myself needs to come to a meeting and tell Council you don't want your park fenced off to keep you out unless you pay $5. admission.
Doesn't matter how much abuse Council gets from the ST Kitts crowd, they still seem inclined o accommodate them.
If no-one in the community, whose rights are being trampled, comes out to object, why should you expect your Council to take a stand. How novel.
It's the answer I get all the time. "I don't hear anybody else complaining "
It's the problem with having a huge turnover in several consecutive elections. It's like completing the job of escorting the town's institutional history of principals and traditions out of door of the town hall.
New Councillors have no idea of their role when first elected. Normally they learn from past practice as they go.
If they choose to learn it from the administration ,you don't have a Council. You have re-enforced administration.
If you have a media that believes "uninformed" "uneducated" Councillors should just do what "the professionals tell them. The electorate that doesn't know any different either.
That's how we slowly but surely get sucked down into the quicksand. .
Right now we have a total embarrassment, both staff and Council.
ReplyDeleteThe "special interest groups" are laughing all the way to the bank - with our money.
I thought it was only in emerging countries that the people in charge of permits could demand a cut of your take. In Aurora, it seems bizarre. No one has suggested that the take off the top goes to the two charities either. The charities would appear to be just window-dressing. Last year there was somehow enough money left to have a self congratulation party - not in Aurora, of course.
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ReplyDeleteI have to disagree with your blanket assessment. Could we agree on 'some' staff & 'some' councillors? The rest of your comment is valid.
How long are we going to call these councillors "New"? It's coming up on two years!
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