I spent the last week volunteering for the Masters Golf tournament. It has been an honor and a privilege to volunteer since 1978. This journal entry is about my week in Augusta and about some of my observations of the people and the place.
Later on Monday, I met with a representative of the Cary College Foundation who is trying to start a four year college in Cary.
Apparently, because the town’s bid dates coincided with a lot of other work, our original bids request received a limited response. We re-opened bids for Academy Streetscape and had two bids.
Other shenanigans included the sales tax redistribution which is aimed at punishing the three big counties, including Wake. Legislatures have actually said they wanted to punish the three richest counties.
Wednesday, I met with a group that is interested in creating a homeless mission in Cary for the non-chronic homeless. In the meeting, they pointed out that municipalities usually start needing a homeless facility once 10% of their population is below the poverty rate.
Most of our time was spent talking about the upcoming placement of Google Huts around town. From my understanding, these huts are necessary as a type of junction point for the fiber.
This week was, once again, dominated by snow and ice, resulting in the cancellation or postponement of several of my activities. Once again, the Cary A-Team (or the snow and ice removal team) did a fantastic job.
Apparently, Google is not happy with last week’s journal entry speculating that Morrisville and Cary might be the first places where Google Fiber is installed.
It appears Google will start installation in Cary and Morrisville first. This will have an impact on Cary finances, since we will have to have staff to address issues and to inspect over one hundred contractors all working at once.
Much of the traffic complaints I receive are in western Cary, where much of our growth is occurring. This week complaints included Davis Drive and High House.