Tuesday night I was at the City Council meeting when the Turtle Bay funding issue came up.
This is what came out in the paper this morning, and it tells it all.

Turtle Bay Exploration Park will see its Redding subsidy shrink by 1½ percent, or $5,000.
The City Council on Tuesday approved that cut along with a number of others to streets, parks, planning and other departments as City Hall starts to feel declining revenues.
The cuts -- which amounted to roughly 1 percent across the city's $67 million general fund -- come on top of a ½ percent trim approved in February.
The city plans to extend its hiring freeze to 2013 and shave some $700,000 each year off the money it puts into paving streets and patching potholes. Even so, the city plans to spend $4 million on streets this year -- roughly $3 million more than in years past, City Manager Kurt Starman told the council.
The reduction of Turtle Bay's annual subsidy to $345,000 from $350,000 reflects that 1½ percent cut made across the general fund this year.
Council member Patrick Jones cast a lone vote against the $5,000 cut to Turtle Bay, calling for a more drastic reduction of $100,000 to $150,000 to wean the nonprofit museum and cultural center of its subsidy.
Vice Mayor Rick Bosetti, also on record as wanting Turtle Bay to stand on its own, voted for the $345,000 contribution after raising questions about the size of the McConnell Foundation's support for the organization.
Turtle Bay CEO Mike Warren said Turtle Bay would have to cut entire programs or close for a day if it lost the city subsidy.
Turtle Bay Exploration Park will see its Redding subsidy shrink by 1½ percent, or $5,000.
The City Council on Tuesday approved that cut along with a number of others to streets, parks, planning and other departments as City Hall starts to feel declining revenues.
My take on this whole issue is that in the next budget meeting, we will see further cuts, and Turtle Bay may be cut even further.
An interesting issue....with alot more to be said.
Ron Largent www.ronlargent.com
Keller Williams Realty of Redding, CA
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