The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

eVaSlve advice on the following QueS-
lions:
l. Do you know of single instance
where the band or its representatives
have asked the city to subsidize its
taxpayers to support band? The |
Band.
I'VE are much befattered, dear
Band, by your praise of US. We are
not wearing our hat today because of
said praise No. we do not know of
a single instance Of a band represen-
tative asking the city to subsidize its
tax payers to support band. Since
you have asked our advice, would
suggest that you look at that word
"subsidize" in the dictionary before
you use it again.-Editor).
?. Do you believe the Board of
Trade entering into a contract with
the band should have fulfilled the
same, or at least pay the band what
is due it?-Band.
I'VE don't know what the board of
trade. e., the Chamber of Com
merce-should do. We are rather in
clined to think it doesn't always know
itself. Whenever the secretary, by
hard work, coaxes it into having a
meeting, only a few members are
present, and nobody can be certain
that it expresses the opinion of its
own membership, let alone that of the
people of the city.-Editor).
8. Would expecting a fulfllment of
this contract denote any political as
pirations on the part Of band mem
bers, or merit your editorial har-
lpoon?-Band.
I'm reply to the first half of this in
terrogation, we say no. To the sec
ond we reply that we have not used
our harpoon in this matter. We
haven't used anything but our fly
swatter.-Editor)
4. If the city council did not o. K.
contract or had no knowledge of 1T,
| how in heavens name did we receive
three hundred dollars from the city
as partial payment on this contract?
Surely this could not be reporters
mistake.-Band.
1--WE tried to explain to you in a
former discussion that the money you
received was in the budget of the for
mer council, but if this council had
oil of
other purpose, it had a perfect right
to use it for that purpose The band
has had no contract with the city, and
unless there is a contract the mem
bers of one council are not bound to
carry out a resolution passed by any
one of its predecessors.-Edit
5. Do you know that the president
of the Board of Trade emphatically
stated in open meeting of that organi-
cation, that council did approve and
accept that proposition, and that one
of the chief promoters of the band
from the Board of Trade acknowledge
ed that the band had gotten rotten
deal and that he was ashamed of
| it?-Band.
Not being present at said meet
ing, we are not aware Of it, but We'll
take your word for it. But the said
incident didn't put the council under
any obligation to give the band any
money.-Editor).
6. Do you know of any instance
where the band has advocated or be-
lieved it would have any bearing or
Tourist trade in Ocala Band.
(No, and we haven't made any re-
mark to that effect. We have heard
several citizens, among them two or
three either members of the band or
working to obtain contract for the
band, speak of it as a possible attrac-
ton for tourists.-Editor)
7. Does the recent six hundred
dollar appropriation for civic center
which we consider highly laudable
meet with the appreciation of your
avowed principles of bedrock city
economy Band.
(There is no similarity in the two
cases. The civic center is an up to
this time useless piece of property
unloaded on the city several years
ago, against the wishes of the people
by a mayor and council which the
people put out of office and have kept
out of office. Some of the succeeding
councils would have sold it if any
body would have bought it. The Ro-
tary Club, with great public spirit
proposed to raise half the money to
make it useful for something, provid-
ed the city would raise the other half
This proposition was accepted by the
last council, endorsed by this. Since
the city owns the lot. it would be
picayunish to refuse to give such a
small sum to help put it to some use
1t is legitimate for a city government
to buy needed property and improve
1T, and while the Star opposed buying
the civic center, it thinks the city
should put the same to better use thar
raising sandspurs.-Editor).
7. Don't you believe that brick:
in question could have meant 18-K.
hand FURNISHED, diamond studded
platinum bound bricks Band.
Never heard of such a brick Dom
believe there is any such animal. But
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