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A couple has decided to donate $15,000 towards the effort to save the Pioneer Park train. With the measly $3,000 they were able to raise before that, they are now a whopping 4.5% of their way to the goal of raising the $400,000 needed to save the train.
I think I'll hold of on starting the fundraising thermometer.
I have many fond memories of the train, but I still don't think its worth the time and effort of saving. We should let those people who want it to take it off our hands and move on. If the people want to save it, they should have stepped up by now. The city should not be wasting any of its own money on this project. I hope the new mayor and council see that.
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How more wrong can you be? First off, NO taxpayer monies have been or will be used in the Pioneer Park train restoration. Secondly, the cost of moving and restoring it is much closer to $100K, not $400K. Next, there are not any organizations currently in the US willing to give us a dime for the train. Moving it is just too costly. There are people willing to take it like the AZ railway Museum in Chandler. But, like all the others, they want Mesa to pay the moving and area restoration costs. Finally, the train has no real salvage value as, again, it's size and material content make it unprofitable for salvagers.
It is people like you with short-sided vision and no real concept of what's important that have put Mesa in the mess it is currently in. Thank God the ones who built this wonderful city were true pioneers who weren't afraid to TRY! Naysayers have never accomplished anything!
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