When city leaders were talking about creating the Bristol Downtown Development Corp., they missed something that's turns out to be quite astounding: city employees are hamstrung in helping the new nonprofit do its work.
Take a look at Jackie Majerus' story in today's Bristol Press.
Here's the essence of it, in the words of Frank Johnson, the vice chairman of the downtown board: "What we've done is create a corporation that's closely linked to the city but we can't use the talents of the people we have working for the city."
"That's a problem," Mayor William Stortz said
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4 comments:
Maybe the Mayor should have thought about this before creating his own agenda and getting his way! I still recall the words my the Mayor, "This corporation will not cost the taxpayers anything to create." Yeah, and I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn for sale!
Pete R.
Steve or Jackie-
So they have established that there is a problem - not being able to use City employees for consultation or resource. What is the solution? Can they ammend the corporation, close and re-establish the corporation or will they need to hire City employees as consultants to work with the corporation? I guess what I'm asking is what do they plan to do to fix the problem and how long will this hold up their progress?
That's a good question. I don't know if there's a good answer, but I'll ask the mayor tonight.
Not every "problem" needs to be "fixed". If you buy a house with a long driveway, you have to plow it during the winter. Nothing to "fix", just dealt with.
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