NO ONE WANTS TO COMPROMISE. It seems to be a common misconception that Monticello, as a whole, is only capable of completing one task at a time. As proof, I would lay before you the fact that people are complaining about PROGRESS. It doesn’t seem to matter that we’re getting improvements to the square, because the Splash Pad isn’t complete, we don’t have bass tournaments, and the festival has been cancelled. We don’t care that we have a new 3% hotel tax (which doesn’t affect any of us) to help fund a new convention center, because construction hasn’t begun on the new library, the fire station hasn’t reached a solution, and the building on the square are falling in.

If you’re not willing to go to the city council meetings and voice your opinion THERE instead of on a website where you have the comfort and convenience of anonymity (no offense, Joe), then you have nothing to complain about. If these issues are not important enough for you to get out of your desk chair and take a personal interest in, then THEY’RE NOT IMPORTANT. Stop being keyboard warriors and DO SOMETHING. There are those of us who live outside of the city limits that don’t even get a vote on city matters, yet we are affected by the changes to Monticello the same as everyone else. Most of the ones on here complaining DO have the ability to affect change.

That having been said, I would also like to point out that one problem does not negate the rest. Just because we need to update and repair the buildings around the square does not negate the fact that we also needed to update the square itself. Just because we don’t have a new fire station does not mean that we do not also need a convention center. Just because we need to keep the Rough and Ready festival or the Rhythm and Roots festival or whatever it’s being called now, doesn’t mean that we have to give up on bass tournaments or the Splash Pad. We live in the age of multitasking. All of these things need to be completed, but we have to work past this idea of “our idea should come first because everyone’s ideas are stupid.”

If we can’t get past this personal bias against progress, then the gnashing of teeth will continue, children will still cry alone in the streets, young women will cower in terror, fire will rain from the sky, Gabriel will blow his trumpet, and the time of economic judgement will have come for our town. Fiscal Armageddon. And if we ever plan on beating this “economic downturn” we’re going to have to UNIFY as a community and stop all of this bickering.

NO ONE WANTS TO COMPROMISE. It seems to be a common misconception that Monticello, as a whole, is only capable of completing one task at a time. As proof, I would lay before you the fact that people are complaining about PROGRESS. It doesn’t seem to matter that we’re getting improvements to the square, because the Splash Pad isn’t complete, we don’t have bass tournaments, and the festival has been cancelled. We don’t care that we have a new 3% hotel tax (which doesn’t affect any of us) to help fund a new convention center, because construction hasn’t begun on the new library, the fire station hasn’t reached a solution, and the building on the square are falling in.

If you’re not willing to go to the city council meetings and voice your opinion THERE instead of on a website where you have the comfort and convenience of anonymity (no offense, Joe), then you have nothing to complain about. If these issues are not important enough for you to get out of your desk chair and take a personal interest in, then THEY’RE NOT IMPORTANT. Stop being keyboard warriors and DO SOMETHING. There are those of us who live outside of the city limits that don’t even get a vote on city matters, yet we are affected by the changes to Monticello the same as everyone else. Most of the ones on here complaining DO have the ability to affect change.

That having been said, I would also like to point out that one problem does not negate the rest. Just because we need to update and repair the buildings around the square does not negate the fact that we also needed to update the square itself. Just because we don’t have a new fire station does not mean that we do not also need a convention center. Just because we need to keep the ROUGH AND READY

If we as Monticellonians don’t like the city council we have had for years, then someone needs to run against them so we can VOTE THEM OUT.

If Not then call them continuosly until we start seeing results. A few comments on Monticello live is not going to get the answers we want from them.

They took the tax money that was supposed to pave the streets of Monticello to pave the road to the lake, which is county property.

They took our tax money twenty thousand plus and spent it on the Square. Which belongs to the County not the City, I’m sure the county appreciates it .