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Submitted by Nicki on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 9:48am.
So, out of 21 people so far, 76% have voted for the City of Olympia to monetarily support The Procesison of the Species. That's great! I wish more people would vote, but this gives a clear pciture to the City Council of what the people want. But, are they watching??? Too bad there isn't a larger forum, like The Olympian, who would come forward and actually take a consensus. I am sure there are a lot of people who don't go to see it and many who haven't ever even heard of it, but for the thousands, children and adults who spend countless hours preparing beautiful works of art, it is a glorius event. It brings families together, processioners and specatators alike. It brings people from outside the community (20,000 to 30,000 all tolled each year). The Illuminated Procession the night before is spectacular. The batik bannners that appear downtown days before are beautiful. The Procession is giving this city something that is one of a kind. Something they can flaunt and be proud of. I suppose I'm opening myself up for attack but, too bad, because if it doesn't get any funding it surely won't be able to continue to happen.
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Then maybe these 20,000 to
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 10:10am.I played competitive sports my entire life and the only good local soccer fields I played on which were funded using taxpayer dollars was Pioneer Park.
Compare the different between the baseball fields in the Olympia School District and Tumwater School District. In Olympia the fields are an absolute wreck (the last I checked. I haven't driven over there since the FieldTurf was put onto the stadium field). In Tumwater? They're beautiful. Why? It's not because the Tumwater taxpayers put more money toward the fields. They look good because volunteers went out and donated their money and labor.
The girl's softball field at Tumwater was done almost entirely by private citizens. The same with the baseball field by the Church of the Nazarene.
If you really want something you'll start asking the people who enjoy the service to put up or shut up.
If the people aren't donating money toward the Procession, maybe it shouldn't survive.
EDIT: I didn't mean to sound as if closing up shop was the only option, as I'm sure there are many volunteers for the Procession. Maybe the Procession should scale-down, then, to remain small enough so the volunteer force can meet the workload.
I vote for private funding.
Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 10:28am.No, you're not crazy. The
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 10:48am.You are both right
Submitted by Nicki on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 10:52am.