Larry Kochert at his best
"It has not turned into a good building yet,"
Another famous quote from Larry Kochert, as reported in the Tribune
http://www.news-tribune.net/articles/2005/10/03/news/new_albany_tribune/news05.txt
regarding the new $3.2 million firehouse.
If $3.2 million dollars doesn’t buy a “good” building when it is brand new, someone needs fired.
I have spoken to several firefighters and not one was in favor of this building or the current plan.
Did the decision makers ever ask the people who would be utilizing the building, or did our alleged competent elected officials make another seemingly one-sided, ill-informed decision to appease a select few?
The problem with most politicians is reconciling their gross habits of spending with the net income of what is available. No other business could spend more than they make, for as long as the government has been doing so, and still remain solvent.
Another famous quote from Larry Kochert, as reported in the Tribune
http://www.news-tribune.net/articles/2005/10/03/news/new_albany_tribune/news05.txt
regarding the new $3.2 million firehouse.
If $3.2 million dollars doesn’t buy a “good” building when it is brand new, someone needs fired.
I have spoken to several firefighters and not one was in favor of this building or the current plan.
Did the decision makers ever ask the people who would be utilizing the building, or did our alleged competent elected officials make another seemingly one-sided, ill-informed decision to appease a select few?
The problem with most politicians is reconciling their gross habits of spending with the net income of what is available. No other business could spend more than they make, for as long as the government has been doing so, and still remain solvent.
posted by Anonymous at 8:18 AM
2 Comments:
Indeed, a great quote.
Perhaps with a change in diet, exercise and a change in attitude, the building mught yet become "good."
Thank you Mr. Smith for the article. I had never read it in its entirety.
As you probably have realized, I am a devout Christian, but in no way believe that government should establish a religion. As a Christian, I hope and pray that everyone could have the comfort and knowledge of their salvation based on their belief in Christ, but it is a choice that each person needs to make.
As you seem interested in history, the early Church did struggle with the multitude of thoughts and ideas and developed what is known as the “denominational theory”
Denomination is inclusive and implies the Christian group is denominated by a particular name but one member of a larger group—the church—to which all denominations belong.
The denominational theory of the church, then, insists that the true church cannot be identified with any single ecclesiastical structure. This was developed by the 17th century Congregationalists at the Westminster Assembly (1642-1649) and articulated several fundamental truths:
Considering man’s inability to always see the truth clearly, differences of opinion about the outward form of the church are inevitable.
Even though these differences do not involve fundamentals of the faith, every Christian is obligated to practice what he believes the Bible teaches
Since no church has a final and full grasp of divine truth, the true Church of Christ can never be fully represented by any single ecclesiastical structure
The mere fact of separation does not of itself constitute schism; it is possible to be divided at many points and still be united in Christ.
Thus the denominational theory of the church looked for unity in some inward religious experience—and allowed diversity in the outward expression of that personal faith.
I hope this is somewhat helpful/interesting
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