The Jackson County Green Energy Park, which fuels artists’ kilns with methane from an old landfill, needs more money. The commissioners began funding it at $250,000 initially, with plans to decrease the disbursement 20% each year. Park advocates argue they need more money because the venture will not be self-sustaining until it is complete. To cover the $900,000 needed, the park’s director would turn to the conventional lender, local taxpayers, to cover half.

But seriously. If the citizens of Jackson County want to pool resources through taxation to make it happen, that’s their thing.