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Just to keep us legal... consider this to be paid political advertising.... re-elect T. Scott Gross Kerrville City council plc.3

If you had a company with a twenty million dollar operating budget, 300 employees, and 25,000 stakeholders, how carefully would you choose a board of directors?

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Please click on the link for any of the six very short videos listed below! The post previous to this one is my position statement. As always, if you have questions call me at home. 792-5555

Announcement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICgnrzAnqqM

Ethics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u21o_TExrc

Personal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0hpllcGKp0

Accomplishments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAkNuRE0Li8

Economic Outreach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjYgfMWiG8A

Quality of Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jYaPLe2Tm4

Campaign Announcement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICgnrzAnqqM

Ethics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u21o_TExrc

Personal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0hpllcGKp0

Accomplishments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAkNuRE0Li8

Economic Outreach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjYgfMWiG8A

Quality of Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jYaPLe2Tm4

Campaign Announcement Coming Soon!

Drainage easement: I will be recommending that the city abandon the utility easement on the southeast side of Rock Barn. The utilities are all located elsewhere and this easement serves only for storm runoff which is negligible even in the worst circumstance. The easement is currently maintained by the residents and Comanche Trace.

Library: We should expect a recommendation from our facilities survey consultant. Once we have this information I recommend the appointment of a committee to raise additional funds from the community. I mention this now because we should begin researching what is the library of the future… let’s not build a new 1950’s library.

As a grand parent of a 14 year old boy it has become obvious that our young people need a place to socialize without it being a hangout. The mall is a poor destination and what kid can afford a constant stream of movies? I suggest that the new library be thought of as The Library at Town Center (we can do better with the name but you get the drift) it needs to be more than a warehouse for books. Be thinking about it.

AND… the owners of this city have to be behind it.

Performance Standards: Sorry to be the one to bring it up but I still am hearing complaints re: service issues. It’s time to require all services involving direct customer contact be measured for quality, timeliness, accuracy, and a few other standards as may be appropriate. And those performance measurements must be readily available to the public. I expect our best folks will be proud to show their stuff. I have some experience in this area and will help…. This should be fun.

River Trail: I can’t think of any project likely to have a more positive impact for the buck than a Schreiner Park enhancing River Trail. Let’s get off the dime and figure out how to make it happen.

Sid Pete-Guy Griggs: Let’s at least be willing to consider an offer if it is indicated by our facilities audit (and the numbers are right.) PS… the best idea I’ve heard for the hospital is to offer it to Marriott or Hyatt for a convention hotel.

Arcadia: I will support any self-sustaining proposal that is not too expensive up front.

Signs in the ETJ: we need to re-visit this issue. I will request that it be on a future agenda. No retro-active regulations.

Building Codes: This is not my issue but I am for the liberal use of grand-fathering except where there is a clear safety hazard.

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Why Didn't You?

I am constantly asked, "Why didn't you _______?"

You can fill in the blank with your favorite subject. Here are a few eamples:

Why didn't you...
consider the Guy Griggs Building? We looked at that deal 6 ways from Sunday and it just wasn't a good deal for the taxpayers. On the other hand while we were evaluating the deal we heard lots of carping that we were building a Tajh Mahal...go figure!

Why didn't you vote for the Boardwalk? I wanted to but when you look at the facts it wasn't a good use of the money. Just because you need an idea having only one idea doesn't make it a good idea.

Why didn't you vote to restore the Arcadia? Was it closed because people wanted to watch movies on a small screen, walk to park, and have but a single choice? It's a lovely idea...just not good use of your money.

Why we didn't do a lot of things could only be explained by listening in on hours and hours of discussion.

Council Members are smart guys who work very hard for very little. We are not "on the take" and the same applies across the board to the fine men and women who work for your city.

Maybe we can replace "Why didn't you?" with "There must have been a reason!"

Labels: Why Didn't You?