This may be a MeckDeck record for being ahead of the curve. Over a year ago we said Mecklenburg County did not have the money to spend millions on expanding WTVI into a mini broadcast empire. County Manager Harry Jones has finally come around to that view and wants the commission to phase out funding for the “Public Square” nightmare.
The idea never made a lick of sense. County staff wanted to grow WTVI for the sake of growing WTVI. There was no public-need aspect to the proposal at all. Yet it got funded. Why? Because the county — and the city for that matter — got addicted to funding every staff request that came down the pike.
Going cold turkey now is gonna hurt like hell.
