That seems to be the ongoing question these days as the state, county, and cities crimp budgets with less revenues coming in.
But the Ark City Commission cut Big Brother Big Sister funding in 2007, well before the recession squeezed things. It was a decision pushed by the commission that the city should stop funding nonprofit services and focus on "core services."
Now BBBS will ask the commission to restore the $10,000, noting that Ark City has the highest need of mentors, and that the county and winfield ante up.
It was a philosophical choice, more than a budget thing, to strip funding. I disagreed at the time and still do.
Now, however, it would seem the commission has the reasoning of tough financial times to deny this. But the commission will have at least one new member starting next month, possibly 3.
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This is a hard call for me if I ran the city. I have a hard time believing they cannot raise $10,000one way or another.
Too bad to that some former little brother or sister who made a good life for themselves does not give back to the local organization.
I am sure this does do much good for the kids it helps.
Wonder if the bbbs uses a mail campaign to give opportunity for those success stories to give back.
Don't know if there are privacy laws against that.
But there has to also be some code of collaboration between local units of government. Surely we can man up with Winfield and the county.
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