That’s not so far fetched. With a name like Boomgaard District, two Journal Sentinel articles, all of the local blogging, and the controversy that’s already surrounding it, word can certainly travel quickly on the web.
I recall this from my interview with Franklin's Mayor Taylor, before the spring election:
Mayor Taylor has visions for Franklin. His model would be a Palo Alto or Charlottesville. Cities with the right balance of business, green space, a center for the city for people to meet – a city with character. He would also like Franklin to be a city that is known not just to us, the residents, but to people from all over; a city that is recognized.
Mayor Taylor repeated the Palo Alto and Charlottesville reference at the Candidates Forum before the election. He had also mentioned “Silicon Valley” to me.
How in the world do you equate old world orchard “Boomgaard” and the prospect of setting up “apple carts” on 27th and Rawson with those references? How does “Boomgaard” relate to that “vision” except for the fact that we are now going to be a city that is “recognized?”
The Zizzo Group may believe the name Boomgaard will grow on the community, but I don’t think so. At best, it will just be somewhat forgotten. But the taste will be left behind, which won’t be that of mom’s all-American apple pie. You see, citizens who care about their community don’t take it lightly when they aren’t heard by their elected officials or when they are given the shaft, in general. That’s when they talk the most. They’ll remember it again at election time, though. That’s when they get the final word.
We can’t ignore the fact that our city officials were elected by the people. The people deserve answers when they ask questions.
