Were St. Johns County Commmissioners even asked to approve this debacle?
I have requested documentation.
Our County and its Amphitheater management is behaving like Ebenezeer Scrooge.
The only reason given in today's St. Augustine Record newspaper was that county employees being "tired" of working long hours during the holidays. At least they were told the truth. For that, we thank them.
But so much for our St. Johns County government's willigness to deliver services and attract tourists.
Ice skating earned fees; the rest was free, and people loved it.
Children and adults who never saw real snow looked forward to it.
Those who have seen real snow and missed it looked forward to it.
County Scrooges abolished it without listening to their customers -- you and me.
What economists call a backward-bending labor supply curve should not be the answer. Poor planning on the County Administrator's part should not negate a popular community amenity. What galling governmental gooberishness.
Kindly use some creativity, County Administrator Michael Wanchick.
Go advertise for and hire temporary and seasonal workers, like the Anastasia Mosquito Control Commission of St. Johns County does during the summer.
Then your workers won't be "tired."
Then you won't waste money on overtime.
Then you can restore Winter Wonderland.
Start listening to your customers, the way the City of St. Augustine does.
Restore Winter Wonderland.
Stop being authoritarian apparatchiks with an attitude.
No more lame excuses for bad government decisions.
We're "tired" of dumb government decisions, from St. Johns County to the Capial.
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