Kimberly Curth
How much would you pay for a MoonPie? How about 9-grand? That's exactly how much Mobile City Councilman, Fred Richardson, is spending in taxpayer money from his discretionary fund to build an electronic MoonPie that will be dropped for the City's annual New Year's Eve celebration. Richardson says it's an investment that will make the city at least 200-grand. We asked if 9-thousand for an electric MoonPie is a good use of taxpayer dollars, " Its what you're getting back in return, its not what your spending," said Richardson. But feelings are mixed in his district, "if we could offer a little money or a little assistance we could get somebody around here to cleanup the city and we can get other things that's more necessary that could be done besides electric MoonPie falling from the, you know, from the sky," said District 1 neighbor, Marjorie Kenny Jones. Another neighbor likes the idea, " if you put the money to something else then it might not accumulate any return funds, so, I think it's a good idea," said Roy Dock. Richardson says the 9-grand also pays for fireworks and a MoonPie float. And, there will be a freebie at this year's party, Richardson says Chattanooga Bakery will bring the world's largest MoonPie and thousands of smaller MoonPies that you can take home to eat.
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moonpie in the sky? WE ARE BEING MOONED ALRIGHT. TALK ABOUT HIND SIGHT.