I look at these comments and wonder... what are you waiting for? Look at Natchez! Once, the most beautiful, thriving, city on the river, and now, most industries have closed up and left town.
The few businesses who did survive the oil bust are riding the current wave, but no one knows how long it will last. Tourism is about the only thing Natchez has to bet on right now. So, what are you expecting out of the government representatives you so easily condemn?
If you aren't willing to raise taxes to support a recreation facility for your children, then do you expect them to just wave their magic wands and ... wha..la!! The million-dollar project is funded?
If the people of Adams County and the City of Natchez would say..."WE ALL AGREE that we need a first class recreational facility, and I am willing to give my fair share to do this," the plan would drawn up and put into place immediately, especially if Joe Eidt is a part of the team. He has been working on this possibility for many, many years, not just in an election year!!
What is needed is a unified effort. Fresh leadership. Not the same ole, same ole!
If someone asked you to join an exclusive, first class recreational facility for only $75 a year, including your whole family, would you do so? Of course! But, you say "no" to $75 a year in 'TAXES'... So should we call it a "Membership" instead of TAXES?
This Membership payment would not only provide a first class recreational facility, but also bring in additional tax revenue from the hundreds of thousands of visitors who will come to our city for baseball tournaments, tennis tournaments, soccer tournaments, swim meets, and other sporting events. This, in turn, will help fund the city and county budgets to maintain the rec facility.
Guess what?... It is being done in other cities, even much smaller than Natchez, and is very successful!! Of course, if you don't THINK it can be done, then it most certainly will NOT be done!!
Look at it this way... What do you have to loose by supporting efforts to move forward in Natchez? Peter Rinaldi seems to think that some of the current politicians are "protecting" the citizens of Adams County by not raising taxes. Tell me this... where has it taken Natchez in the past five or ten years? NO WHERE!!! Where will it take Natchez if this same attitude is continued... NO WHERE!
We will all look back, again, and complain about how the county and city continuously fought over money, power, and how to fund the rec facility. So, why not give them something to work with? They can't make mountains out of mole hills! They can't make a castle out of two sticks! ...And they can't improve the city/county without the funds to do it. This is for YOU! This is for YOUR CHILDREN!! Quit blaming it on the government officials and give them something to work with so THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOU!
Posted on October 7 at 10:40 p.m.
I look at these comments and wonder... what are you waiting for? Look at Natchez! Once, the most beautiful, thriving, city on the river, and now, most industries have closed up and left town.
The few businesses who did survive the oil bust are riding the current wave, but no one knows how long it will last. Tourism is about the only thing Natchez has to bet on right now. So, what are you expecting out of the government representatives you so easily condemn?
If you aren't willing to raise taxes to support a recreation facility for your children, then do you expect them to just wave their magic wands and ... wha..la!! The million-dollar project is funded?
If the people of Adams County and the City of Natchez would say..."WE ALL AGREE that we need a first class recreational facility, and I am willing to give my fair share to do this," the plan would drawn up and put into place immediately, especially if Joe Eidt is a part of the team. He has been working on this possibility for many, many years, not just in an election year!!
What is needed is a unified effort. Fresh leadership. Not the same ole, same ole!
If someone asked you to join an exclusive, first class recreational facility for only $75 a year, including your whole family, would you do so? Of course! But, you say "no" to $75 a year in 'TAXES'... So should we call it a "Membership" instead of TAXES?
This Membership payment would not only provide a first class recreational facility, but also bring in additional tax revenue from the hundreds of thousands of visitors who will come to our city for baseball tournaments, tennis tournaments, soccer tournaments, swim meets, and other sporting events. This, in turn, will help fund the city and county budgets to maintain the rec facility.
Guess what?... It is being done in other cities, even much smaller than Natchez, and is very successful!! Of course, if you don't THINK it can be done, then it most certainly will NOT be done!!
Look at it this way...
What do you have to loose by supporting efforts to move forward in Natchez? Peter Rinaldi seems to think that some of the current politicians are "protecting" the citizens of Adams County by not raising taxes. Tell me this... where has it taken Natchez in the past five or ten years? NO WHERE!!! Where will it take Natchez if this same attitude is continued... NO WHERE!
We will all look back, again, and complain about how the county and city continuously fought over money, power, and how to fund the rec facility. So, why not give them something to work with? They can't make mountains out of mole hills! They can't make a castle out of two sticks! ...And they can't improve the city/county without the funds to do it. This is for YOU! This is for YOUR CHILDREN!! Quit blaming it on the government officials and give them something to work with so THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOU!
On County should call city's bluff on recreation