By: bota on 3/28/08
The park will attract other neat things like souvenir shops and trailer/RV parks that will pay taxes and generate sales tax revenue, so where's the problem?

By: thinkingman on 3/28/08
Once again one of Bar Tur's paid henchmen is distorting the facts. By granting a "once every 20 years" gift to this Trojan Horse, our leaders would eliminate such an enticement should a legitimate business with real, high paying professional jobs coming to Rutherford. And there is no free lunch in physics, economics or life. If the park fails where will the money come from to pay off the millions in infrastructure that is no longer being remitted?

It is a fact that TIFs eventually raise taxes in an area because the businesses granted TIFs take the place of whatever would have been developed and generating tax revenues on the land in question.

Williamson County showed the world what they are all about when they granted a TIF to Nissan's North American headquarters that brought in 1,200 white collar jobs. Does Rutherford County want to tell the world we're so naive as to bet the farm on a risky Bible Theme Park that will at best generate a few hundred $7 - $10/hour part time jobs? Do we want to fall for the carpetbaggers' claims that it will draw more people than Dollywood or Opryland?

Come to the rally at 10 am tomorrow at the Blackman Community Center on Manson Pike. Find out how you can stop taxpayers from getting fleeced by this New Yorker. Help us stop the madness!

By: diddlede on 3/28/08
thinkingman,

Nice observation of the Bible Theme Park.

bota,
ask yourself if you would want this in your neighborhood or in your back door. Then look at the fact the residential neighborhood was there before the developers settled on this property. They will not stop with the Bible Park as they are looking to buy more land around the Park (2 parcels). This is tearing the Blackman neighborhood all to pieces.

After asking yourself these questions, if you can still agree with this development then so be it.

By: diddlede on 3/29/08
If I understand correctly the taxpayers might not be liable, but the Tax Increment Financing is a ONE TIME use. To use TIF on this Bible Park would be a big mistake. Should the County not be interested in looking at some business enterprise, other than a Bible Park, that would bring in jobs and county tax dollars? No one can convenience me that there are not other businesses, out there somewhere, that are looking to locate to Rutherford County.

Maybe we need a new leader at the Chamber of Commerce because it seems this is the best she (Holly Sears) could come up with.

By: diddlede on 3/29/08
Come to these meetings in "opposition" to the Bible Park USA.

1. Rutherford County Future Development
Committee meeting on April 3 at 1:00
p.m.in the Rutherford County Courthouse.

2. Rutherford County Regional Planning
Commission meeting on April 14 at 5:00
p.m in the Rutherford County Courthouse.

3. Rutherford County Commission meeting on
May 15 at 6:00 p.m. in the Rutherford
County Courthouse. This meeting will
deal with the re-zoning request
of the developers for the Park.

Stand up for what you believe!

Please wear "RED" if possible.