BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BEING EVICTED IN ANACORTES?

      In a news report this morning on Channel 5, they reported the notice of eviction to the local Boys and Girls club in Anacortes from a $12,000.00 per year rental being paid for the use of a vacant portion of the the National Guard Armory building in Anacortes. As I understand it, the rent is being paid by the Club itself.
      The reason given for the eviction was for more space needed to expand the National Guard program. A reasonable explanation, no doubt. The problem seems to be with the Federal Gov't not offering, or attempting to find an alternative place.
      With the Obama re-election now in question, he may have alterior plans for the need of an additional National Guard should he decide not to leave office and goes to plan "B". ( Marshall Law). Just kidding, of course! Since I believe the local National Guard is under the jurisdiction of the State, but funded by the Federal National Guard Fund.
       To get serious again, though, I happened to be reading some statistics yesterday concerning all the vacant buildings the Federal Gov't owns in America as I write this blog. We,(the Federal Gov't) currently own 900,000 buildings in the nation. 52,000 of which are partially vacant or only periodically used for impromptu meetings or storage of hundreds of thousands of purchased, never or seldom used pieces of equipment such as "official vehicles". There are an additional 14,000 buildings totally vacant, with no immediate plans for usage.
        It seems to me that for something as important as the future of our upcoming youth and the desire to set them on the right path in preparation for adulthood, better thought could be put into accommodations that would be suitable to them. Even "free" space could be afforded with a little bit of thought.
        The Mayor of Anacortes has generously offered the club the use of the City Hall basement and although with the exception of it being rather small for their required needs, is at least a step in the right direction. Good thinking on the City's part and "Hats off" to them! But considering ultimate responsibility here, maybe the Federal Gov't could set aside it's "political mode" for a moment and tend to business at hand that's so important as our Country's future "Handlers".
        So come on, you "so important" Gov't planners, get your "responsibility" hats on and look after business as we would expect you to!        Just sayin'.