One word came to mind when we read the Needs Assessment Report– morons.
We use it without disdain or contempt but as a clinical definition to describe people who after fours day in town do not notice that there is a hard ware store at one end and an auto parts store at the other.
Not noticing is bad enough but to write a whole report that frequently points out the absence of a hardware and auto parts store as pressing needs do indeed rise, better yet, sink to the level of the moronic.
What these morons did notice was in their opinion the Wendover Cinema could use an upgrade.
That’s nice. If we spent four days in a theatre those seats might get a little uncomfortable for us as well.
As for the city council and mayor who lauded the report and the locals who participated, we ask of them at no time during those four days of meetings, confabs and get togethers did anyone bring up the fact that the report was wrong?
Did anyone even read it?
Did anyone of city staff or the city council read it before this steaming pile of crap was accepted at the city council meeting?
Apologies are owed not only to Mr. Stone and to Mr. Crawford but to every business indeed every person in Wendover.
If we sent reporter on a four day mission and he came back with a story as factually wrong as this report, he would not only be fired but we would insist on recouping his expenses.