Split commission 'commits' to pipeline
The Pike County Board of Commissioners is committed to bringing a natural gas line to serve the industrial corridor on Highway 41 but how the nearly $1 million project will be funded is undecided.
The BOC just gave away 2 million + of our money.
The loan will actually cost 2.6 million over the 10 years of Payback...............
You have told us the HALF of the story you want people to hear , now tell us the other half.
Why would citizens even want to subsidise an antiquated venture such as YANCY, surely some lessons can be learned from this economic downturn, legacy grandstanding by the involved politicians cannot come close to covering future expense, and unforseen business bumps that our economy will have, while we transform from our current business models.
Let us all remember; that our current situation was brought about by the same line of reasoning that has gotten us to where we are today.
Perhaps a stand alone approach can be achevied by a business co-op arangement, where pike can be involved more as a facilator rather than the citizens being held hostage for someones business ventures.
Plenty of tax advantages can already be had by business expansion if done within the current guidelines established by local, state, and federal goverment.
Folks, lets not reinvent the wheel.