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Listener: Scott
Category: General
Date: 23 Apr 2008
Time: 13:21:09 -0700
Remote Name: 66.140.100.171
Pratt,
This time he has made me mad…our esteemed mayor has now declared
anyone in town opposing the spending of $7.0 million on the visitor’s center as
“uneducated, uninformed or a cave person.”
The audacity of this individual to negatively characterize anyone who disagrees
with his pet projects is beyond the pale. I am neither uneducated (I graduated
Magna Cum Laude from Texas Tech University), uninformed (thanks, in part, to
your fine show) or a CAVE person (Citizen Against Virtually Everything).
As someone that makes his living promoting the city of Lubbock every day and
owns another business (Baskin-Robbins franchisee) that is partially dependent on
visitor dollars, I find it offensive that I am negatively characterized by this
man because I have strong objections to a project that will cost over $900 per
sq. ft. to complete and is 20 years “behind the times.”
A portion of the money could be spent on developing a comprehensive web site for
tourists (where most people get information on a potential visit to any city)
and a professionally produced in-hotel room continuous loop video touting things
for tourists to do in Lubbock (similar to the style playing on the television in
your room at a resort or on a cruise ship). Perhaps a virtual visitor’s kiosk at
the airport might be in order.
Once these projects are completed, at a far lower cost than the proposed
visitor’s center, the funds can be spent on upgrades to the Civic Center, which
seem to be needed. I would be in favor of these upgrades paid by the motel-hotel
tax, thus reducing the amount of money that someone at the city will ask for in
a future bond election.
I voted for our mayor in the last election, duped by his desire to forge
partnerships and build a “city on a hill.” You can be assured that I won’t make
that same mistake again.
Scott Womack
Pratt responds:
Scott is right-on about a very robust, constantly updated website. This is how most get information today. Kiosks with the same in key locations would be far more effective.
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