the civic center, I salute you. Your suggestion should be taken under
serious consideration by the city. In the Classical Period in Western
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and in return, the building or area would be named after them. This trend
held on into the modern period with Carnegie Hall and Tulane University.
There are countless civic projects named after the largest contributor and I
believe the same thing should be done here. If anyone has land near the HWY
90 and HWY 14 interchange and they are willing to donate money for the
project, then I will fully support naming the civic center after them. This
is how it was done in the past and it worked, why not do it today? This is
the easiest way to raise money for a project of any type that makes any
sense.
I have had an lingering question though for the city officials. Within the
past few years, the city/parish has spend an enormous amount of money on
civic projects, including two new libraries, the SugArena, and the
PepperPlex. However, it took something like 20 years to finally upgrade the
sewage system, something that was necessary, and the city police was
outsourced to the sheriff's office. Where is all this money for these
projects coming from all of a sudden and why is it not being used toward the
infrastructure of the city? I am not well versed in the budget and the money
influx of the city and parish, but it seems odd to me that the city cannot
afford to pay police officers but can afford a ball park and civic center.
Where is this money coming from and why is it going into frivolous projects
instead of upgrading the cities infrastructure, like roads, education,
tourism, and bringing new jobs into the area. Roads need repairing; bridges
need to be fixed; schools need to be repaired or rebuilt; tourism needs to
be boasted; and channels need to be maintained in order for commercial
industries to move in.
Jarred James Breaux
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