BB's take: Keep Baytown Beautiful just had a great big
"Gala" and handed out awards all over the place, with lots of high
fives and back-slapping celebrating all kinds of accomplishments unrelated to
making Baytown
beautiful. "The Baytown
Sun was awarded as Media of the year." Boy, I feel our city is more
beautiful than ever and that award exemplifies making Baytown more beautiful, now doesn't it?
I went
to their website, but it is down. You mean they had a great big event and their
web site ain't workin'? I was looking for a great big list of all their
projects and accomplishments (as they are not listed in the newspaper column)
so I could applaud the organization.
I'll
have to wait until an expert fixes the website to see what they have done,
because frankly, I'm not really feeling it. Sure, I participate in the yearly
Keep Texas Trash-off like many, but we need a monthly clean-up event that involves the whole city, like #TrashTag efforts going on across the planet.
One
productive year from now at the next gala, they first need to interview 10
random people off the street and ask them in front of everyone in attendance to
explain how Baytown
is more beautiful than it was last year. If the average denizen of Baytown does not perceive
that improvements have been made, this organization has not done their job.
It is
what it is folks. Boots on the ground is what this city needs. It needs the
average citizen educated and involved. It will take an entire city to shift
their perception and become proactive. To John and Joan Q. Smith, hosting big shindigs with lots of awards is just more bureaucrats awarding each other and passing smoke for real work. When I
see EVIDENCE of KBB's efforts on a regular basis, then and only then will I
think the organization’s leadership is paying more than lip service to the
community. #KeepBaytownBeautiful
