Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Pulse
Not sure if public funds should be spent on a monument or not.........sounds like $6mil went to One Pulse Foundation (OPF) & $2mil to purchase the Pulse site.
What I find interesting is the millions of dollars of compensation went to OPF officers over the years and now OPF decided not the build a monument. & no one is screaming. Their Form 990 is public information disclosing the compensation.
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It is funds probably from Orlando area taxpayers.
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And in turn Orlando probably receives federal $$$$ at some level. Plus, I'm not sure how parents from Wyoming who bring their kids to see the mouse would feel about part of their admission going for a Pulse Nightclub memorial/museum. BTW--just what would be put on display in such a museum???? A bottle of scotch? Some beer mugs??? Spent cartridges??? More likely pictures and biographies of the victims being "honored". I think a monument of some sort is more appropriate.
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I am not amazed that people attack something being done when the victims were not just like you. Any problem with public dollars spent at the World Trade Center honoring the victims who just happened to be at the wrong place of work that morning?
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Lots of Federal, State and Local dollars spent at those sites, and so many more. No complaints from you about that? Oh, most of those victims weren't gay.
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As far as public funds go, I stated I'm undecided. Either way I don't think it's a big issue. As far as Pulse goes, I didn't see anyone post that the clientele was gay, maybe I missed that, or maybe somebody jumps to conclusions. |
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The city will own two pieces of property: the land where the museum was to be built and the building where the shooting occurred. The owner of the nightclub will have $2M if she sells the property plus over half a million in salary from her time with the OPF. The families of the victims have plans and promises but no memorial.
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Probably right. I couldn't figure out if the sale had actually closed yesterday or if the city had approved the $2M yesterday.
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Wasn't it the owners that were the roadblock to this project going foward?
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Big time bull being shoveled here. The complaint in the OP is very clear. Read it, the first sentence
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The larger project has for now failed as the land owner did not sell the property to the city and instead wanted to go forward with their own plans but ultimately were unable to raise enough private funding to build the hoped for museum. It is complicated. What is not complicated is that public funding was provided as seed money for the project the completion of which required much larger infusion of private money. That didn't happen. As for honor vs memorialize. Point made that memorialize is more specific, but use of the word honor is entirely appropriate
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