County Commissioners may have fixed what they broke
Category: Local...
Posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 05:48 PM [GMT-6]

I was surprised to learn last week that when the new Horseshoe Exhibition Complex opened, the previous exhibit building and grounds were mothballed. This resulted in a hardship for at least one local nonprofit group that had depended on access to the latter facility, and which doesn't have the budget to pay the $1,000/day to use the new facility. It seems that Midland County 4-H clubbers were using the old facility's arena at no charge for rodeo practice.

Credit the county commissioners for recognizing a potential PR quagmire when they're shown one, as one of the footnoted actions in a report on yesterday's commissioners meeting was this:

I assume that this use is provided at the same rental rate as before, i.e. zero, although that's not addressed in the article. It's also not clear as to what, exactly, the "county exhibit building" is, although within the context of the first article, my guess is that it's the old location and not the new one. Watch for additional commentary to further illuminate the issue over at Jessica's Well.