The City continues to spend your hard earned taxpayer dollars on non-government functions. It was reported in the Wilco Sun that the City Council unaminously supported entering into a "partnership" with Habitat for Humanity to administer $24,000 for home repairs.
Why in the world is the City funding private home repairs? It may be decent and moral to help those less fortunate repair their homes, but, that is the purview of private charities and individuals,not government.
The city governments role is to provide for the public safety, police and fire, streets and roads, city parks and libraries. It most definitely not the role of city government to repair citizens private homes.
Another excursion into non-government activities is Georgetowns call for an artist to create a 21-by-15-foot mural on a private building downtown. This potentially leads to some citizens discontent and maybe even a law suit if one of Georgetowns citizens is offended by the mural. This indeed has happened in other cities where the city paid for art and then paid again for removal.
Again, why do the city council believe this is a proper role of government? It clearly is not a governmental role even though other government entities, including the Federal Government, have funded such activites. There has been serious advocates for eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts because many of their projects have offended many citizens.
All the citizens of Georgetown would be richer if the City stopped funding non-governmental activities.
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