The Haywood County Commissioners gave the fairgrounds a second bailout this year. The arena’s temporary operating permit expired because $400,000 for building lavatories could not be collected by the Haywood Agricultural and Activities Board. The first county bailout of $337,000 saved the fairgrounds from foreclosure. The county initially cut its assistance with the arena’s loan payments when attempting to balance its budget. Members of the public argued the arena was necessary for sky’s-the-limit things like heritage, quality of life, and identity.
Once again, we have one group that sees the folly of a population in which each member is struggling for a “fair share” of carbon fuel when there isn’t enough to go around, and another sees the folly of a population trying to partner for its “fair share” of money when . . .
