City Park

Disclaimer:  everything contained in this blog is MY OPINION.  Every attempt is made to present the truth through actual facts or to identify statements which are in doubt; otherwise there will be no deliberate presentation of gossip, rumor, or innuendo which can't be proven as factual.

Like everyone else, I've seen the almost unreadable 'plan' for the city park in the newspaper.  The question is:  why wasn't that made public and printed BEFORE the school bond vote so people could actually know what was planned?
The other question is:  with the often-reiterated gleeful statement that in three years, 'we' will get a sports complex,  the implication is that the rest of the park will get signed over for that. So why are 'we' spending who  knows what kind of money to do something that appears to be scheduled for destruction in three years?
The whole thing is like a runaway freight train. School authorities absolutely refused to consider any other site for the school except the western half of the park. They managed to get a flunky to push for a hurried vote to turn the park over to the school district probably so no one would have time to protest; once again, all pretty obviously agreed to beforehand and in secret.
The thing of it is the city commission was aware that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission must review and approve any proposal to transfer park land BEFORE they voted to do it. Once again, this probably occurred because they've ignored the law so often in the last year and gotten by with it.
Additionally it appears that a city official addressed the lunchtime audience at the tax-supported senior citizens center and told them he wouldn't vote to give away the park; he then went to a city meeting and voted to do exactly that.
Also reprehensible is the idea of  "not renewing the contract" of those employees who disagree with what's happening or even have relatives who are opposed to these unethical actions.
None of this is right, but that doesn't seem to matter to the people who are taking part in these actions.
I can only hope these pigeons come home to roost before the town is destroyed.  And I hope I'm around to witness it first hand and say "Nyah, nyah, nyah-nyah nyaaaah-nyah."

Anita Huguelet McMurtrie