Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The elephant on the corner



The big grey building on the North West corner of 15th Ave. and Washington St. in Phoenix is obvious to everyone. Everyone that is, except Arizona’s elected leaders. Even though it is within sight of the Capitol, they don’t see it.

Due to botched centennial planning followed by stubborn refusal to fix the mess, it still stands empty. Bills to restore the once top rated Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum (at no extra cost to tax payers) have now been killed in committee two years in a row.

Although the buildings only current function is to hold up solar panels installed on the roof with Federal stimulus money, state government continues to provide the Arizona Historical Society with over $400,000 per year for a museum that does not exist in an empty building that is being ignored.

Meanwhile, 50,000 students per year continue to be cheated out of a unique learning experience.

Madness.

4 comments:

  1. It's a shame about the mineral museum and suspicious if what you say is true--funding still received for a closed museum. How wasteful! I wanted to suggest you write a review of the museum on Yelp and link your blog. I think you may find a sympathetic audience in others, like me, who wished to visit, only to discover it's been closed. Good luck.

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    1. See the previous post for details on the funding.

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  2. Read previous posts and an article by ABC15. It's officially fishy... What are you encouraging citizens to do?

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    1. Arizona citizens should ask elected representatives why they are spending tax dollars on a museum that does not exist. They can be contacted at http://www.azleg.gov/

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