It's my birthday. I'm 29. I'm not sweating it. 29 is the new 26. It's true that time flies when you're having fun. I've had a lot of fun since I arrived in Conway full-time as a freshman at UCA in fall of 1996.
Enough about me. How old are you? How old do you want to be when we build out our parks the way they should be? If we do nothing, and just pay as we go with our prepared food tax, it will take 9 more years to finish the projects we've been reading about. The alternative is to pass a parks bond issue and build it now.
The last eleven years have flown by for me. But ask a 4 year old to wait 9 years for a new little league field. Ask a 6 year old to wait 9 years before learning to ride a bike on the trail. Maybe we should just wait 9 years to take up our own running/walking program. We can do these things now and with no increase in taxes. This proposal is the difference between an entire age group (if not generation) of kids having the parks facilities they deserve or not.
I'm sorry if today's post is a little preachy, but, "it's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to."
1 comment:
Hey Jamie!
I just turned 28 and feel exactly as you do!
Keep up the great work!
April
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