… A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR BRIDGETTE MOORE
This morning’s Californian article on the hard-working volunteers who are supporting the efforts of the nonprofit, “Friends for Wildomar Parks,” appears to focus on Wildomar City Councilmember Bridgette Moore who has, once again, put herself into the forefront/limelight of the latest park fundraising event.
Please click on the following link to confirm:
Unfortunately for Bridgette, she has unwittingly (her standard state of cognition) triggered a slight variant of what is known as the “Pottery Barn Rule,” which basically states, “you broke it, you own it.”
Click on the following link to expand the breadth of your own state of cognition, as a reader of Wildomar Magazine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_Barn_rule
The sad fact of life in Wildomar is that the popular, but inept Former Mayor and her equally inept colleague’s failed effort to fund our parks, through their pre-doomed Measure D, is the primary reason that these harried volunteers are being forced into extraordinary efforts, such as the Goodwill collection.
The bottom line is, Bridgette and Her Buddies broke our parks.
But that is in the past.
For the present, it is an equally sad fact of life in Wildomar, that the current City Council and staff, have been unwilling to respond to City Councilmember Bob Cashman’s reasonable suggestion (by ignoring it) that sufficient funding could be re-allocated within the current budget to pay for the water for Marna O’Brien Park, especially if some of the grassy areas were reduced in size (which Mother Nature is doing now, in any event).
Since the soft-spoken Cashman’s reasonable suggestion was ignored, perhaps Bridgette could do herself, and the hard-working volunteers, a favor and try to remain out of the spotlight.
It taints the volunteer effort to look more like a desperate re-election campaign ploy for Bridgette.
Comments can be made to zakturango@excite.com.
(Editor’s note: With the preparation of the 2012-13 budget currently underway, now would be the appropriate time for the Friends of Wildomar Parks to put pressure on the City Council to eliminate the $50,000+ per year Community Services Director position and reallocate the money to our parks. (I think Wildomar could do without dance lessons, sewing classes and happy birthday greetings from Facebook to out-of-town realtors and escrow office employees, if it meant more support for parks).
The Community Services Director, who is not an employee of the City, but merely a contract vendor, has no severance package in place, so the sooner you speak out the better. (It would be more “business friendly” to do so).
