Earth to John Schellenberger: There’s no need to blame the newspaper and/or the parks board for “misinformation” in the case of Community Park, not when Ted Heavrin (and Larry McAllister before him — they were the Martin and Lewis of the County Council, remember?) — spent the past decade making hints about sell-offs, strip malls and “our way or the highway through it.”
John, if you want your furniture shredded, get a cat, and if you want 1940’s-era thinking, keeping letting the same two dudes run your council. It’s that simple.
Meanwhile, the reporter Morris does his job well and locates the best quote of the night, from council youngster Brad Striegel:
“This is a quality of life issue. Funding will be tough on both sides, but we have an obligation to meet. I’m tired of hearing how the [David] Camm trial is going to hijack quality of life in this area.”
Me, too. Someone buy that man a cigar.
Floyd County OKs parks deal; City Council will take final vote on measure April 19, by Chris Morris (Pop-Up Reproduction Laboratory)
… However, before the final vote, county Councilman John Schellenberger had several questions for NA-FC Parks Board President Scott Klink and Director Roger Jeffers. After those questions were answered, Schellenberger said he didn’t think it was fair to make threats in the newspaper about closing a particular facility or trying to make the county council look like the “bad guy” during the process.
“Why would you say you would close Community Park and not other parks. That misinformation gets people stirred up,” Schellenberger said. “I feel like we are being used as a pawn in all this when it’s a bigger issue. It bothers me that something lands in the Tribune and gets people all stirred up. People read it and think we are going to close Community Park.”
