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xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

What timing!!! Here is a quote from the daily press in today's daily press about the Kiwanis play ” “Unless the city and the (Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4265) give us something really interesting to work with as they continue to negotiate over (Craig) City Park,” Jacobson said. “You really never know. I’ve seen the theme change as late as the week before the play.” Well looks like the play script might have to change “a little”. But not because of the VFW Too funny…..

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

Mathers and Gray need to listen to the people they have hired to oversee positions in county government. Talk about micro managing. Tom Soos has an incredible amount of knowledge about the workings of a efficient EMS system and the Commissioners should take his recommendations and believes that the county's EMS system needs fixing. It is obvious from the article there is a problem. Gray and Mathers want to stick their fingers in their ears and say la la la. If memory serves me right, before the new hospital was built the ambulance was staffed 24/7 now I think it is only staffed 6am to 6pm on week-day's and all volunteer the rest of the week. If you read the newspaper records of emergency calls , sheriff, police, EMS and fire. The fire department is requested to assist the ambulance more and more. While the main object is to help the citizens of Moffat County in a emergency, there is a burden to firefighters because of there being no fulltime firefighters. There is also the cost to the fire district. I don't think the hospital reimburses the fire district for their service to assist the ambulance. Volunteerism is becoming a thing of the past. Look at civic club's in town, look at the fire department and look at county appointed boards. Nobody wants to volunteer anymore and this is a known problem thru out the USA. Why would two of the commissioners not welcome help from an outside source that deal with problems in rural areas of the state all the time, for free???? Why would they not look and the figures on the loses shown by hospital officials??? Why not try to fix the EMS problems before they get worse???? Why?

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

Well, if he steals TP then he can blame it on “stinking”.
He need's to be put away for good. He has shown he can not stay out of trouble.

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

Sounds like the VFW is trying to bully the city in my opinion. I would like to know how much the city spends now to maintain the property under lease discussion. If I was in city councils shoes, I would let the VFW have their property, let them mow, water, plow snow and pick up trash and maintain the property to the standards the park is at now. Then see if the VFW wants to talk about a appropriate amount to lease the property for. Nobody is going to do the job the city does to make the park what it is. Still think the ego's of both sides are still showing, nobody want to be the perceived loser on this deal.

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

Talking about sidewalks. Whatever happened to the grant that was received to finish the sidewalks around the new middle school? I can't remember if the city or the school dist. was to received a grant or for sure when it was but I remember reading something about it. This is another area that needs to be finished. With the amount of traffic and school kids there will be a tragedy in that area. Maybe the newspaper could get some answers about what happened. Always wondered why the Hospital had to put sidewalks all the way to CR 7 and the new College didn't and the middle school didn't?

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

What, no story on the discussions as to the city park????
KRAI has some information, why can't the press? Oh yea, they can save that story for the Friday paper so they will have something to print.

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

Casey, I want to say thank you for your's and all of the men and women in our military for their service. Because of you we can celebrate our freedom and have this day to think about what we are thankful for. Glad to hear you are on the mend. God Bless America

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

Maybe the city should shut of the sprinklers to the property, stop all mowing and maintainance to the property, start charging for utilitys used by the VFW and then see it the VFW wants to sell to the city or get a lease signed. There is no way the VFW can keep the park up to the standards the city does, no way… It is just sad things have to come to this…

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

I feel the VFW property is worth a lot more than the appraised value. Opinions have been stated in public that maybe shouldn't have been from both sides. Since the VFW is not going to have their meeting on the 21'st, the statements made by the VFW seem like the idea's of 2 members that have a personal war with the city. In the city's defense, they have made the park the beautiful place it is today but are trying to push the purchase down the VFW's throat . I do not feel the VFW has the money or the resources to maintain their property and keep it as beautiful as it is. They city needs to also think about the loss of the property and what will happen to event's that take place there, Whittle the Wood comes to mind. But like many other events it could be held at Loudy Simpson if the county and city could get along. Maybe a private person could buy the property since the VFW did say they might sell, just not to the city, and then lease back to the city. Well, now we have more for the Kiwanis play this year… This could get interesting. Can't wait until after Nov. 21st and see if all members of the VFW feel the same as two.

xrsareus (Anonymous) says…

 Metoo,

So what kind of service are the “other towns” having? What “other towns” are you refering to?

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