The Review took a ride out on Nederland Avenue and it was jammed with thousands of people. Families, kids, old cars, new cars, motorcycles and restaurants jammed. In fact, you could not get near two of them.A self-described conservative who believes in less taxes and more SBA loans, Klein's unconventional use of question marks underscores his confusion and myopic thinking.
Meaning?
Maybe the city of Nederland needs to think about - changing the law? Tax revenue? Building the city with it's citizens. Keeping the taxing revenue close to home? Creating memories? Letting citizens come together?
Yes - it will take some organizing. Yes extra police patrols? Yes there will be trash. But maybe it benefits might outlast the negatives? Maybe cities like Nederland shot themselves in the foot? Maybe people can behave themselves. Maybe just maybe by government backing away - business can thrive and come back to the small town which brings? Tax income for the city?
As already proven, this increased traffic does not make a reliable revenue stream for the city or local businesses, else the Burger Chef wouldn't have closed before the 1983 ordinances. Once the novelty wears off, this stream is too undependable to mitigate the costs of increased enforcement, delayed emergency traffic, and excessive litter. Furthermore, this expansion of official infrastructure runs counter to Philip's argument for reducing governmental services..
Klein's plan makes as much sense as reconstructing the traffic circle in Beaumont or Klein's choices for the Jefferson County Courthouse,
2 comments:
Klein ran the burger chef too?
Did you mean "ran it into the ground?"
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