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Council can't discern between "want" and "need"

Listener: John M.
Category: Lubbock City Politics
Date: 27 Mar 2008
Time: 11:43:57 -0700
Remote Name: 66.140.100.171

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Mr. Pratt:

I enjoyed your show this evening while driving back from the rolling hills around Albany, nice drive now, and beautiful drive once it turns green.

Your comments about the city council acting like children following their mother around the store asking to buy me, buy me, buy me struck a chord with me. It strikes me that some members of the city council never learned the difference between want and need.

A person that doesn’t know that difference will follow the wind and have a new “need” every few days. Someone who knows the difference will prioritize the needs and take care of the priorities. This person will usually never have the nicest of anything but what they do have will be well built well cared for and will serve them for a long time, and you will never find these people playing “keeping up with the Joneses”.

Do we want a new animal shelter? Yes, but we probably don’t need a new one.
Dow we want a new visitors center? Yes, but that doesn’t mean we need it.
Do we want new soccer Fields? Yes, but we probably need to take care of the Huffman complex first.

Just another Texas two cents worth.

Thanks,

John M