We got more proof Tuesday, March 20, when six service organizations went before the City Council, offering to foot the bill for an entrance sign to the city that bears their groups’ symbols.
Such signs are strewn across the country at the limits of cities big and small, and while the specific names of the clubs sometimes differ, they all announce the same idea — the community you’re about to enter is alive with people who care.
It’s a chorus Tracy can easily join, with or without the sign. Every time there’s a call for volunteers, a need unfilled, a charity in trouble, people here step up — and folks from the Soroptimist, Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs often lead the charge.
We’re proud to be that type of community and to have such dedicated neighbors, and it’s a no-brainer for the city to accommodate the groups’ donation, especially as they’ve volunteered to pay for the sign’s construction.
The only criticism we can offer echoes that of Mayor Brent Ives. We wish there were space on the to-be-built monument for more than only the six groups that have so far stepped forward.
Because there should always be room for more when it comes to community volunteers.
BornandraisedinTracy: Why are you and the service organizations you belong to giving up like a bunch of wimps and quitters just because the Council discussed the donation of the sign? As offspring of visitors from the planet Moron, you and the other members owe it to your kinfolk that you don’t embarrass the smart Morons by acting so dumb and lazy.
You stupidly say that all the service clubs have not been given the opportunity to participate, but did any of them bother to show up for last week’s Council-lead discussion which was posted ahead of time as required by law. Why weren’t the officers of your unnamed service organization more proactive in participating in that discussion? Do both of the unnamed service organizations you speak of allow only members who are illiterate and mute?
Tommybahama: You need to put down your typing-fingers and think before you whine like the
I wish Tommy B would change his tag, I'm the real Tom Benigno, I don't use anonymous names. Go to www. benigno2012.com Thanks
What is it you are trying to say Tom? Is public service really a joke to you? If so, why on earth should we vote for you?
The service-club sign project has been going on for a number of years. Any service club could have taken this idea and successfully performed all the leg-work necessary to make it happen, but it was a Rotary member who volunteered a couple of years ago to solicit the interest of other clubs, work on the design, work with City staff for guidance, and work with the City Council to get it approved.
All service clubs had the opportunity to participate and pay their share of the cost, but only six clubs stepped up to plate. I didn't attend the Council meeting at which this item was approved, but I'll bet not a single service club sent a representative to complain, or show their late-in-the-game interest in participating in the sign project. I'm sure that if other organizations want to put up another sign, the ground-work has now been done and it will be much easier to get another sign approved.
Your statement that Mike Souza is President of the morning Rotary club is another Moronic comment on your part. I just checked with a long-time member of that club and he is neither a current or prior president of that club.
Service clubs put out their shingle
by Jon Mendelson / Tracy Press
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Six local service groups are pitching in to lay out a new welcome mat to Tracy travelers.
The town’s two Rotary clubs, two Lions clubs, the Soroptimists and Kiwanis plan to donate a structure that would stand on 11th Street somewhere between Lammers and Corral Hollow roads, greeting motorists headed eastward into the city.
“It’s really unquantifiable the amount of service these clubs supply to the community,” said the Sunrise Rotary’s Mike Souza, who discussed the idea at the Tuesday, March 20, City Council meeting.
“We’d really like to be able to tell people that we’re here.”
The sign, designed to fit the city’s wayfinding motif, would feature the symbols of the six service organizations, which Souza said would donate the money to erect the monument. The city would be responsible for maintenance, but Souza said that should be minimal.
And I have to wonder why any service organizations, like the two you belong to, would pre-pay a fireman to paint and refurbish an old sign that unlikely meets any of the City’s codes and ordinances? And what City Staff person encouraged you to participate in that scam?
That should tell you alot about the relationship between developers and city hall.