tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post7777270183487580211..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Post-Election ThoughtsMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-80810265866169245602007-11-12T12:23:00.000-05:002007-11-12T12:23:00.000-05:00Hooda - you're too kind. Thanks!Hooda - you're too kind. Thanks!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-33230720335749160842007-11-12T11:43:00.000-05:002007-11-12T11:43:00.000-05:00Maggie,Thank you for a more balanced and pleasant ...Maggie,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for a more balanced and pleasant post than I was able to muster.<BR/><BR/>You have the mind of an accountant and the heart of a diplomat ;-)Hooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13176392380086227377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-78827927622390833252007-11-08T17:44:00.000-05:002007-11-08T17:44:00.000-05:00Maggie - I see your point. Merging COSI like progr...Maggie - I see your point. Merging COSI like programs with a University makes sense. Encourage education by showing children a visual goal, something to aspire to.<BR/><BR/>Taking your idea one step further: go ahead and build COSI next to the Zoo creating an atmosphere that is kid friendly, but a scaled down University setting, sans the stuffiness. <BR/><BR/>Kid friendly university? A dichotomy maybe, but it can be done. Plus, we live in the Midwest... if your University doesn't have a faint smell of poo then your obviously in some other part of the country.<BR/><BR/>Add private donations with public fanfare... like Home Depot, Lowe's, and Wal-Mart. Let's have those big box stores show they give a hoot about our community. Not just say they do... prove it.<BR/><BR/>All of this from a levy failure! LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-11814903939231924722007-11-08T16:05:00.000-05:002007-11-08T16:05:00.000-05:00"I think COSI should use this time to concentrate ...<I>"I think COSI should use this time to concentrate on a business plan they can present to the public so that next time they re-open it will be the COSI that this town needs. Give me a business plan I can vote for... and put it on the internet."</I> ~ ANT<BR/><BR/>I think many would agree with you on this - but not sure they'd want a tax levy versus a private fund-raising drive.<BR/><BR/>Another thought would be to the merge COSI-like programs with a University ... it would get kids used to be on a University campus and hopefully be good synergy between the kids, the students, the professors and life-long learning.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-13446315382094221732007-11-08T15:57:00.000-05:002007-11-08T15:57:00.000-05:00Tell me where I missed: From your radio show and ...Tell me where I missed: From your radio show and blog comments it seems to make sense with the COSI levy failure they close up shop.<BR/><BR/>I think COSI should use this time to concentrate on a business plan they can present to the public so that next time they re-open it will be the COSI that this town needs. Give me a business plan I can vote for... and put it on the internet.<BR/><BR/>I believe I agree with you Maggie and some of your listeners. I think COSI should move. Where? The ZOO is perfect. A one place destination where Zoo science can mix with COSI science and we would have a unique one of kind experience. I can't imagine most cities have something like this. (last statement has no research)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-80483800043396945772007-11-08T15:45:00.000-05:002007-11-08T15:45:00.000-05:00I can be admonished voting for the COSI levy, but ...I can be admonished voting for the COSI levy, but after listening to your show on Wed Nov. 7th for me it makes almost equal sense to vote against the levy as it would to vote for it... or I'm talking crazy talk.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you I believe in that - If I am voting for a levy, I should have the right to see the figures so I know my tax dollars are well spent. According to you and as far as I can tell COSI isn't being forthright to us and the news coming from them doesn't add up. Vote No.<BR/><BR/>My Mom and Dad, Grandparents, love to take the kids to COSI in the winter. It is a fun excursion and gets the kids out of the house. I don't want to lose this resource. Vote Yes... as I did.<BR/><BR/>Tough CallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-87264414858260607422007-11-08T12:01:00.000-05:002007-11-08T12:01:00.000-05:00OK Maggie, I went and put a post-election posting ...OK Maggie, I went and put a post-election posting up. I hope that you are happy now.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-35187697354378777202007-11-07T19:05:00.000-05:002007-11-07T19:05:00.000-05:00Ditto your comments for me.Ditto your comments for me.Roland Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510269002146276854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-30618643024129161222007-11-07T15:43:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:43:00.000-05:0013ABC is reporting the COSI will now close in "as ...13ABC is reporting the COSI will now close in "as soon as 6 months". Less than 24 hours to change their tune. I expect a spring ballot for a third try. Seems like thats the only thing they can think of as a way to "fix" their business model. <BR/><BR/>I'm amazed at the difference between Sylvania City and Sylvania Township. Township residents seem to get it. City residents seem to like paying more. I think the township should impose a surcharge on the city for fire services. City residents have already said they'll pay it! Should be able to wipe out the defecit right away. Sylvania already pays well above market rates for water, why not for fire protection as well?MoveToTheBurbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978663263302733324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-29138118272257190132007-11-07T15:06:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:06:00.000-05:00I am disappointed in some of the results, astounde...I am disappointed in some of the results, astounded by some and confused by others. <BR/><BR/>I do applaud the efforts made by the newcomers as the task of campaigning is tiresome from a volunteer standpoint - I can only imagine as the candidate.<BR/><BR/>And my personal message for those that didn't bother to vote.....Sit down, be quiet and take what's handed to you without complaint. You couldn't bother to be part of the solution so you are obviously part of the problem.Roohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569815196644365844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-20344788034396436792007-11-07T14:36:00.000-05:002007-11-07T14:36:00.000-05:00Come on now, Tim ... one post here does not absolv...Come on now, Tim ... one post here does not absolve you of the 'duty' to blog away about your own thoughts...<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>but you're welcome, nonethelessMaggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-34944160103729665812007-11-07T14:21:00.000-05:002007-11-07T14:21:00.000-05:00Congratulations indeed Maggie, to those who attemp...Congratulations indeed Maggie, to those who attempted to make a difference by running for office, whether they lost or won; and to those who voted, whether I agreed with their decisions or not. Participating in the process is a sacred duty and those who chose to do so deserve high praise indeed.<BR/><BR/>As for the levies, let us hope that you are right Maggie. Let's hope that these organizations do not take their victories as a mandate to continue down the same path, but an opportunity to review the way in which they serve the community and to try and find ways to do a better job of it.<BR/><BR/>(Thank you Maggie, for summarizing all of this for us, so we didn't have to put up postings of our own.)Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-75822703701956283822007-11-07T12:14:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:14:00.000-05:00Maybe COSI can team up with the school districts a...Maybe COSI can team up with the school districts and have a penny drive, maybe offer some incentives like passes or t-shirts to the students.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966847290906915571noreply@blogger.com