Beware the Ags of March

It seems that Lauderdale County is about to own a 5.6 million dollar lot. A vacant lot at that. Don't worry, there will be an agriculture center built on it shortly. Expect big proms. Learn to do the Hokey Pokey. Oh, wait, the ag board already knows how to do the Hokey Pokey with our tax dollars. And our city furniture. And to think that the media once gave John Dillinger such bad press. 

Will the Ag Center be built? We may not get a DreamVision in Muscle Shoals or an Inspiration Landing in Sheffield, but those projects didn't depend totally on tax dollars. 

What about the feasibility study? Even if it should come back in the negative, does anyone think this project can be stopped now? Twenty-five years ago, a feasibility study informed the City of Florence that the town could not support a conference center. The city built it anyway. The center was never anything but a very attractive money pit until the RSA came along and took it off our hands.

Anyone think the state retirement system will eventually do the same for the county ag center? No, we didn't think so...

Remember: Our Grandchildren Will Still be Enjoying the Ag Center 50 Years from Now.