Halburn Wrong About Valley Park

Claims New Community Center Not Needed

What a civic minded guy!

Halburn’s latest weird ass story on his fake news, hate blog is about the new Community Center at Valley Park and as usual, he has his facts wrong, no surprise.

Halburn writes: "the historic Valley Park community center was torn down to make room for the new facility."

The old Community Center

Bullshit The old community center was not historic in any way. It was built in the early 90s, and the adjoining building wasn't built until 1997.

Of course now, Halburn will complain "The building, was less than 30 years old!!!"

The New Valley Park Community Center

He continues with his screed:

"In 2009, then SBA Executive Director Mark Manchin, was visiting Wellington’s to promote the school bond. PutnumCountyNews. com was aware of the need for a county performing arts center and community center large enough to hold high school proms and the annual chamber of commerce dinner. So we asked Manchin if the S.B.A. would pay for one.
“Yes,” was Manchin’s response. “We just built one in Wheeling.”"

 Except in 2009, Mark Manchin couldn't have said "We just built one" in Wheeling,. The only thing Manchin could have been talking about is the J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center, which is on the campus of Wheeling Park High School. They started moving earth in 2009. It didn't open until 2012.

That Arts Center wasn't "paid for" by the SBA. The SBA gave a $5 million matching grant. The other $5 million was raised through the community and other sources. It took them 16 years to get enough money to have the grant matched.

It's also not a "community center." It's just performing arts center -- theater, concerts, etc.  You can't have proms or other random things there

It's on the damn high school's property.

He goes on:
"There is an, aging, performance stage, at the fairgrounds. It is outdoors where the audience and performers are exposed to the weather. The only “facilities” are porta-potties. Not exactly a great attraction for patrons and performers to come to Putnam County. One key Putnam County official never supported the idea of a state-of-the art center at the fairgrounds: Putnam County Superintendent of Schools Harold “Chuck” Hatfield."

You know why? Because the SBA doesn't fund non-school properties. Period.
The Putnam County Fairgrounds has nothing to do with the schools. It's not owned by the school board.

Where does he think SBA money comes from? Fucking unicorns?
Spoiler alert, dicknose -- it's money from the taxpayers. Even Putnam County taxpayers. You're just bitching that the money was spent out of a different pot.

Aside from the obvious, Halburn -- it isn't like you even live in Putnam County or actually make enough money to even pay taxes, hell, you don't even live in West Virginia anymore.

If the streets were paved with gold, this asshole would complain that it wasn't shiny enough.