What’s new?

Well I haven’t been very prolific at all when it comes to blog posts (not even amateurific!), but I am going to try to make a more concerted effort going forward. I plan to use this space to share information and thoughts on what’s going on around Central Park, with the Metro Districts and MCA in particular. I will hope to provide a balance of good news stories and focus in on areas where those in charge should do better.

Unfortunately, my first post is going to cast certain people in a negative light. I want to make it clear I am not here to dunk on anybody or to call people out by name to bring unwanted attention to them. But it is important to know who the decision-makers are and to respond accordingly. Elections matter, participation matters, and putting the organization ahead of your personal needs is also important. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what an organization’s needs are, and if they align or are in conflict with your own. My goal is to bring clarity to the needs of the organizations that spend the money that residents and taxpayers all contribute to the common good.

I also want to focus on solutions. Many times I think solutions start with discussions and I try to have those. Some people are more open to discussion than others, but I want everybody to know that, as Ross Perot put it so eloquently in 1992, “I’m all ears.” I am going to open comments on my blog posts to try and encourage engagement.

I hope that this will be a place for thoughtful, articulate conversations about issues and items that matter to the neighborhood. Central Park is out of its birth and infancy phase, and slowly working its way through adolescence into adulthood. Growing pains, that’s where we are. Transitions happen every day, sometimes little by little, and sometimes all at once. You can’t be prepared for everything life throws at you, but you can try to prepare for the things that happen all the time, or those singularities that you know are going to happen. I’m not talking about taxes and death, but boring things like budgets and annual reports, capital improvement plans and cost studies. There’s a lot of info out there and it’s difficult to hear the signal through the noise. I may be a lone wolf howling on a blustery night, but I hope if you’re here, you’ll hear my signal - loud and clear.