Comments for NG-go! Council votes in favor of non-profit funding at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.theind.com Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/4714#comment-1982 by Myrick6 "My question is, in previous years it was determined that Faith House had thousands of dollars sitting in cerifs of deposit earning interest, and does that still hold true today?" As of the latest Faith House audit (June 2008), they have $245,000 in CDs and 163,000 in cash, total $408,000. - Fat Checker Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:56:09 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4714#comment-1979 NotAmused: You are setting up a false choice. That is not valid. For example, if there were no Faith House, the city police could find other places to take victims. LCG would not have to create its own shelter for domestic violence victims. That is not to say that Faith House is not deserving, or that those other places would be preferable. One point that was brought up to me was that FH is the only place where women and children can be brought and sheltered together without having to split them up. I'm just saying that FH would not go away if LCG stopped funding it. And if FH did go away, LCG could find other places to shelter victims without creating its own. - ragin_cajun Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:25:49 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4714#comment-1965 If LCG officials aren't willing to partially fund NGOs that provide vital social services, are they willing to take on the responsibility of providing those services directly? - Not Amused Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:51:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4714#comment-1962 My question is, in previous years it was determined that Faith House had thousands of dollars sitting in cerifs of deposit earning interest, and does that still hold true today? If this is true, let's take care of that amusement park ride first. - Myrick6 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:16:00 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4714#comment-1961 Interesting that Keith Patin was "anti-Faith House" even after his wife Lou was previously honored by them!!! - charlierob Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:04:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4714#comment-1952 NGOs fought for their funding and won. Everyone agreed a new process for funding NGOs is needed, which I think means competitive bidding for local government tax dollar funding. The goal here is to allow all nonprofits, some 250 or so, to bid. But the fundamental question still is not addressed. Should taxpayers through its representative local council pay for objective social services, and more striking, funding for the subjective arts, even if there is a better ROI for the NGOs to perform the services than local government? Mayor-President Durel seems to come down on side of the personal responsibility argument where government shouldn't provide "welfare" to those less fortunate, i.e. social service agencies, but it's smart to provide seed money for the arts where there is a positive ROI and uncalculated spin-off of economic development. The argument, I gather, is if your arts program makes money for local government, you should get a slither of funding. If you're a drain on local government, Bon Chance to you. Happy to know you, but we can't help. This is the real debate, which hasn't been and isn't addressed. - LafayetteGrapevine Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:07:56 +0100