tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post5609050348143942558..comments2024-02-11T22:49:17.311-08:00Comments on Arizona Geology: Mineral museum bill hearing in state SenateLee Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11520300956249160005noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post-78516002262204167222016-02-18T18:03:15.433-08:002016-02-18T18:03:15.433-08:00The rent for the building plus the salary for one ...The rent for the building plus the salary for one employee was all the state support the mineral museum ever received. With that, plus considerable community support, it became one of the Valleys top ten museums with an annual attendance of over 50,000.<br /><br />Compare that to the AHS museum in Tempe. It has 10 state employees and an attendance of only a few thousand visitors each year when last reported. Since the attendance is no longer reported, it has presumably dropped below that.<br /><br />Details about the waste and inefficiency within the AHS are available on the blog Mineral Museum Madness. For a $3 million annual appropriation and even greater hidden costs, the AHS provides little benefit to Arizona taxpayers.Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717447541461745969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post-6511312083254374562016-02-17T18:10:38.524-08:002016-02-17T18:10:38.524-08:00Open the damn thing and go back to operating like ...Open the damn thing and go back to operating like it was before. It was working just fine until government messed with it. The people want it back. The tourists want it back. The school children want it back and I want it back also. Quit acting like politicians and do something right for once. Fix what you brake and get it right for once instead of playing your silly games. We are sick of it and have had enough. If I sound angry well you can guess what? I sure as heck am. I am a state official and I have to post anonymously. Why do you suppose that is? Perhaps the "leaders" have their heads in the clouds and have to play games instead of doing what is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post-54114484874154185102016-02-17T09:47:00.211-08:002016-02-17T09:47:00.211-08:00AZGS is on a bare-bones budget. The majority of t...AZGS is on a bare-bones budget. The majority of their funding comes from grants that they pursue. They accomplish a lot and give a bang for the bucks they raise for the agency. Is it not ironic that the Historical Society has enough money to hire a lobbyist (must have plenty of money in their budget to waste!) to stop the desire of the public to reopen a museum under a different agency with expertise on the subject? Then they come back and complain they need additional funding to run a museum that was operating just fine on a thread bare budget before they came along and destroyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com