Community meeting hears bond company proposals
Published by Jeff February 22nd, 2007 in News.
MonticelloLive is proud to provide you with an audio podcast of Thursday afternoon’s, February 22, community meeting called by Mayor Joe Rogers:
You may fast forward or rewind through the podcast by dragging the slider.In summary, there were approximately 50 people in attendance today. With Dave Dixon, President of Union Bank, serving as the moderator, the investment banking firms of Stephens Inc. and Morgan Keegan each presented their proposals for Mayor Roger’s hoped-for bond issue of $9 million dollars to tear down W.C. Whaley and construct a new municipal building and community center on the site. A representative from the Rose Law Firm also outlined the requirements and legalities of placing the bond issue to the voters in a June election. Rogers also has other projects in mind for the bond, including a new police department and courtroom on the site of the old fire station and downtown post office.
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I’m still not certain that today’s gathering could be called a ‘community’ meeting. The attendance, or lack thereof, proves that fact. If we’re going to have a ‘community’ meeting, we need to invite the COMMUNITY, not just hand-picked invitees, and have it at a time when the majority of us are off from work. It’s also amazing to me that even though MonticelloLive wasn’t ‘personally’ invited, ML is still the FIRST to report on the festivities with a completed podcast. Looks to me like the one doing the chosing for those wanted in attendance, needs to seriously evaluate his selection process.
I agree 3:00 pm is kinda weird time!
I couldn’t attend! I think I got an invite from
a hand me down Email! You do the math! Not affective!