tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post264456673635690268..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-37088707948656001572014-10-08T17:54:51.597-05:002014-10-08T17:54:51.597-05:00I thought Public Safety was Job #1. <br /><br />Call it what you want: If you call it &quot;Pre-K Education, then education is the state&#39;s consitutional responsibility. Cities are not formed to fund it, nor should they.<br /><br />If you call it the proper term: &quot;Daytime Babysitting,&quot; then that is a parental responsibility. Not the function of a city government.<br /><br />What should be done with the money? -How about re-opening the Children&#39;s Guardian Home? That service is truly needed. -How about public safety? We need more police and police need more equipment to do their job.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-92112709313291202072014-10-08T14:29:02.490-05:002014-10-08T14:29:02.490-05:00Word on the street...Lewis and Barth huddled with Mike O&#39;Connor at Eli Lilly. Wonder what they were promised?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-79233533239856537652014-10-08T12:34:54.197-05:002014-10-08T12:34:54.197-05:00The council president, Maggie Lewis, went on the record as supporting the use of the newly-found money for pre-K. Angela Mansfield made a compelling argument for using the money elsewhere, but we know that Lewis and Barth will vote in lockstep on this issue and drag a few others along with them like Hickman so the money will likely be there since the GOP members other than Scales and maybe Cain, will go along with the plan.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11980543635876691662014-10-08T12:24:11.368-05:002014-10-08T12:24:11.368-05:00Not a done deal. Hunter does not know what he is talking about. It&#39;s not a &quot;given&quot; that these funds will go to preK. The public needs to loudly demand unmet services rather than worry about preK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25192098730591415962014-10-08T09:02:52.040-05:002014-10-08T09:02:52.040-05:00It seems to me there are some legalities some enterprising lawyer might find that does not permit the city council to enact pre-K funding. Something &quot;fishy&quot; going on. Somewhere in the 1-2-3 -I believe says that a referendum is required for certain initiatives. I expressed much of this in correspondence with members of the council and with the exception of a few did not receive a response. The most telling was the Democrat saying there was a moral imperative to enact this. What about the moral imperative of the recipients?<br />More important some accounting of HeadStart should be in order. Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750037627108586911noreply@blogger.com