Wednesday, February 02, 2005

No Free Enterprize / No More Booze Stores

Let's watch and see if the City Council let's Savon Market obtain a Liquor License for the new market we hear is coming to town. How many Liquor Licenses are planed for the Town Center... Yet existing businesses are impeded in expanding their offerings.

Open for bidding. The concession stand bidding limitations prohibit any new innovative use for the facilities that may be a benefit to the community. How about a concession stand operation that is also an after school teen mentoring operation. Limiting the concession on weekdays to fresh fruit, and iced tea, and home work help, or a place to have a chess club. No the city limits the options to only those clubs or non profits that have existed for 5 years in the city. OK, now we know who is on that short list. The result is that you haven't opened the bidding, you have just made an announcement that your entering into a new contract with the same old favorites.

When a bid for a concession stand at Calico Ghost Town is made, it is an open bidding contest. Think about it.