I guess all of our local services want to be part of the loss of the taxpayers' trust. Along with Project Homestead, the Greensboro Police Department situation and numerous other wastes of tax money, here's a new one.
Greensboro has a nice, new softball facility. Teams that play there pay a league fee for the fields. These league dues are supposed to reserve the fields. But recently, long after schedules were made and given to the teams and the season had begun, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference decided at the last minute that it wanted to use these fields for its softball tournament.
The Parks & Recreation Department decided to dump on the local taxpayers and give the MEAC the fields.
Approximately 48 local teams were bumped out of their games for people who have no claim to the already-reserved fields. I have worked for the Parks & Recreation Department and as a Greensboro police officer and have seen both sides of the waste.
Are our local leaders ever going to get it? City and county leaders, stop biting the hands that feed you and look out for the people who pay the bills.
Lane Roberson
Greensboro
Comments (5)
Racist
Posted by neocon![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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May 17, 2006 7:01 AM
Lane:
Here's my suggestion to all whom the shoe fits:
STOP making vote choices based on Blue or Red.
STOP making vote choices based on single issues, e.g., "He's pro-live so I have to support him, his opponent think's People should have the Power but that's wrong 'cause People make bad choices and only Government can make good choices. OK I know that's not a true conservative position, but jeeze, them durn liberals just encourage teenagers at the Prom to dump new-born babies in the bathroom stalls."
START paying attention to what's going on and not being led by the nose ring. Karl Rove may be the Tiger Woods of slimmy politics, but he's not the only one that manipulates for political advantage; it is rampant ... BECAUSE that strategy Works.
We can go on, but I don't wanna stress anyone, and you get the point.
BTW - Whom did you vote for, Lane?
Posted by James D. Rockefeller![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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May 17, 2006 8:15 AM
.............rollin' my eyes..........
Posted by neocon![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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May 17, 2006 12:48 PM
Please, we can't even manage to get more then 15 percent of eligible voters out to the polls for the primaries. Then these same people are wondering aloud why they can't seem to get new leadership.
Posted by littlebuddababy![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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May 18, 2006 8:34 AM
Little Buhdda,
Ignore the "I'm always right" eye rolling from neoCON.
You are so right. The people who do not bother to vote in a primary do not DESERVE to bitch and moan.
Posted by DemonDeacon![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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May 19, 2006 9:00 AM