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Baseball Buddy
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 02:52 am |
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These 2 got into office by playing on people's emotions of "no or low taxes" . Remember you get what you pay for. You pay nothing you get nothing. You ask something for nothing you look cheap and stupid. These 2 look cheap and stupid.
SRA is a good, all volunteer organization. SRA does not have the funds as a non-profit to purchase land and develop baseball fields. They do have the means of maintaining fields and running organized activities. So in closing the Town has the money SRA has the people, What's the problem ? Are we going to let these 2 narrow minded people stop our Town from having new baseball fields? Not if I am still breathing!!!  
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 09:43 am |
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Baseball Buddy wrote: These 2 got into office by playing on people's emotions of "no or low taxes" . Remember you get what you pay for. You pay nothing you get nothing. You ask something for nothing you look cheap and stupid. These 2 look cheap and stupid.
Yep
It's OK to waste taxpayer money if BS says so
And BS doesn't want to spend taxpayer money to fund taxpayer activities that teach our youth teambuilding lessons and keep them busy/off the street.
And BS doesn't want to spend taxpayer money to maintain the new park the taxpayers clearly want.
Well, I don't want BS OR DC as Town Councilpersons (never did), I want some persons who are committed to their community.
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FatPappy
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 04:04 pm |
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Pappy thought school was 'bout out, but I reckon we might need some remedial lessons so a couple o' folks can catch up.
Lesson 1
Question:
Summerfield's young'uns needs parks an' ballfields, but Duncan, Sue an' their Mom wonder, "Why should we spend our money on your kids?"
Answer:
Well, because it's not your money and they're not somebody else's kids.
They're Summerfield's kids.
(All right, y'all, I know it sounds like a simple concept, but some people have a harder time than others. Let's be patient. We don't want 'em to repeat another 4-year semester do we?)
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 04:26 pm |
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Pappy that was just so profound!
You are my hero!
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 04:49 pm |
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I'm back......
I heard something about during the town council meeting, one of the CCs was laughling like a maniac during the budget talk by Michael Brant and had to be quited down by the town lawyer. Does anybody find that strange????
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Baseball Buddy
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 05:37 pm |
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Duncan,Sue,and Mom need a reality check. I am willing to wright that check for the amount that personally affects them just to shut them up. How much if somebody out there knows does it affect them?
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 05:52 pm |
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Pappy you are so right: They are not just my children or your children .. they are Summerfield's children.
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Posted: Jun 8th, 2006 07:09 pm |
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zippitydoodah wrote: I'm back......
I heard something about during the town council meeting, one of the CCs was laughling like a maniac during the budget talk by Michael Brant and had to be quited down by the town lawyer. Does anybody find that strange????
Yea Zippy... I also heard that Luckhardt and Dunham were up to their usual rudeness during the budget discussion.
Shameful that adults would act like that in public.
I've asked a friend of mine to sit near them at the budget meeting and remind them to be quiet. Once my friend was forced to give Dunham and Strickland a rules of conduct flyer in the middle of a meeting because their MOMS didn't teach them any better......
Perhaps those two could learn some manners from SUMMERFIELD'S kids.....
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Posted: Jun 12th, 2006 02:06 pm |
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Once my friend was forced to give Dunham and Strickland a rules of conduct flyer in the middle of a meeting because their MOMS didn't teach them any better......
I heard that your friend was told by Strickland to mind her own _____ business when she was handed the flyer. Dunham said she didn't need one. Boy was she mistaken.
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Posted: Jun 12th, 2006 04:30 pm |
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Reasonable people can disagree about how much tax should be collected and how that tax money should be used. The CCs take their no taxes, no services, stance very seriously. I have no problem with them advocating their views, just wish they could tone down the attitude that everybody who disagrees with them is a flaming tax & spender who is stupid and/or corrupt. The CCs have apparently been successful in convincing a majority of the voting public in Summerfield that this is true. If you don't want to think too hard their sales pitch is very appealing: "throw out the bums" and "no taxes, no services - we never had services before why do we need them now?"
We who think proposals for use of our tax monies should be considered carefully and judged individually on their own merits need to do a better job of explaining ourselves in the court of public opinion. Any council member who robotically accepts or rejects tax spending proposals because of some political litmus test will not get my vote. In the last election the CCs controlled the debate. The CCs brought up legitimate concerns for public discussion, but their shrill, rude and slanted rhetoric was met with timid responses from their opponents and the segment of voters who were motivated to actually go to the polls were the CC supporters.
One can hope that in the next election, opposition to the CCs "platform" will be articulate and forceful and that those who did not bother to vote last time will realize what's at stake.
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Posted: Jun 15th, 2006 12:59 pm |
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Hello Salty, old friend. The Dawg is back!!
That was a very well-stated and articulate argument. I don't have a problem with people whose opinions differ from mine. I think debate is healthy. If the CCs did a better job calmly explaining things and giving their views (without being so doggone nasty), I think they'd have a bigger following. I'm not sure how many people who originally called themselves Concerned Citizens still do, but I've heard several people who jumped on the bandwaggon and voted for them say they made a mistake. I'm not trying to bash the CCs here -- I'm really trying to be open minded here.
Every issue should be debated and discussed on its own merits -- not just whether or not it is going to cost money. After all, there's no such thing as a free lunch and everything has a cost associated with it, even if it's not monitary.
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Posted: Jun 29th, 2006 09:06 pm |
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I wonder if the CC have paid coaches?
I know they have a team mom and a water boy.
The score's still 3-2, by the way.
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Posted: Jun 29th, 2006 09:29 pm |
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FatPappy wrote: I wonder if the CC have paid coaches?
I know they have a team mom and a water boy.
The score's still 3-2, by the way.
Home Run Pappy!
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Posted: Jun 30th, 2006 04:32 am |
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You have to give the CC credit, that was a good "at bat" But the "D" had it going on and played a good "three up three down." Although they played a good inning at the end of the day they heard the crowd yell....
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Posted: Oct 10th, 2006 01:04 am |
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Gee. In reading the Greensboro N&R this morning, I noticed that there is yet another bond issue up for vote. This one is for $115,000,000 in improvements to 10 city facilities. Drat, we could be helping to pay for this! However, ten years ago, Summerfield happened to have a few strong leaders who could look to the future, and enough forward thinking citizens, looking past their back door, who voted to incorporate and become a town. Ladies, gents, and kidlings, you can bet the farm that we would, by now, be citizens of the city of Greensboro. We could look forward to a healthy raise in already high taxes.
Thanks should go out to the leaders and citizens who are committed to planning ahead for the future of Summerfield - despite the negative attitudes of a few.
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