I mean, after months of concentrating on what is REALLY important to me, namely my family and professional life, I see that Lancaster is in the news again. Though it's old news, the school's plan to cut a day off of their schedule to save money is the saddest thing I've ever seen. However it is accepted or denied by the general public, the fact that it needed to be proposed is telling of what trouble LISD has behind the curtain that is Larry Lewis' financial policy. Many saw this step of desperation coming and still other prophecies are yet to be realized but they shall come to pass as well. When the Titanic began to sink, there was no doubt that everyone would get wet. It was just a matter of how long they waited to do so!
Can Lancaster turn this around? Can the city step in as a controlling entity and help save this broken administration through financial guidance? I doubt it.
You see, no matter who comes forward at this point, no matter what resolution comes to light, the wheels are off the wagon and it's headed for the cliff. It's my fear that LISD will have to hit bedrock financially before changes are made to repair the Trump-like spending that put them where they are at now.
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Any thoughts on the Downtown Development Plan?
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I think Lancaster is not going to be happy until they rename it to McKinney II. It appears to me that the due diligence is a bit...well...pointless.
Potential commercial and retail interests are going to rely on their own market research and demographic information to determine future location. Any work on behalf of the city should resign itself to improvement of the ingress and egress to the downtown area, and maybe a new focus on urban mixuse development of the square. Perhaps more emphasis on their commercial properties and the folks dealing with them. If you really want to know, and I can't believe I'm saying it but it's true, Ellen and Margie need to be standing tall in these meetings. Who better to comment on what's needed to bring commercial interest to the downtown area? Providing a favorable, low crime, newly built retail friendly environment is what has rocketed McKinney, Southlake and others to the top.
I don't pretend to know what the next step for Lancaster should be, maybe this is it. Yet, when I look over my cases for review monthly, I notice that our city seems to be planning for 10 years from now with an urgency as if it was all needed tomorrow! Lancaster seems to be catching up with itself.
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