The Sad truth

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Protronie

I was NOT critisizing... simply offering one possible way for a team to get some funding ... Elected officials ALWAYS have pet projects and find the money for them... its called "pork" !
If your officials don't have any "pork projects" congrats! Your very lucky.

If the school dist can't fund the team, perhaps the mentors of the team could met with the school dist and see if the school would not cancel the team if the team could find its own funding.

I'm sorry if you felt criticized.

I didn't feel critisized , but when you make statements like "Smart teams do 'x'" then you are implying that teams that dont do 'x' are not smart. Sometimes situations will prevent teams from following your suggestions.

I would also caution you about using definitives like ALWAYS and NEVER, as you do not know all the situations, everywhere.

"Pork" projects (as you call them) are far more typical of large government than of small government, because it's much more easily hid in the budget.

Budgets are not easy. Sometimes tough decisions need to be made between competing worthy projects. Even public money does not grow on trees (it comes from the taxpayer base, which may not know of, or care for, FIRST).

All I'm saying is, never assume that you are entitled to support from the public.