The "something" I mentioned before that has gotten the attention of city council is very likely the fact that this appears to be a coordinated effort to attempt to force city council to pay for the football field renovations. City council has made it clear, school board will have to figure out how to pay for the field on their own. The $1.7 million dollar winning bid was accepted at the school board meeting Tuesday night. Yes, you read that right. $1.7 million dollars. Many grade levels at Galax are making due without textbooks yet school board approves this fiasco. Shows where priorities lie.
Many, many local residents have lost a tremendous amount of respect for Dixon for this "orchestrated-strong-arm-tactic" (city council members words, not mine), myself included! It's time for local residents to elect city council members who are willing to fix these issues with school board rather than ignore them and hope they go away!