Funding Parks and Recreation Paragraph 2

My main goal with this video was to eliminate the use of verbal pauses. It is noticeable; to me, when I wanted to use "um" in my sentences. I replaced "um" with a very long pause; by not using "um" I lost my train of thought. I also decided to improvise with this video due to the fact that the majority of my public speaking is on the fly. I also need to remember to annunciate more clearly when I am speaking publicly. I also find it very challenging when I am speaking publicly not to speak in a monotone manner. I tried to use more vocal expressions when doing this video. I'm not sure how I did with controlling my rate of speech when I made this video, but tried not to speak to fast or to slow.

Funding is Critical to the Survival of Parks and Recreation

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I used analogical, casual, and sign for my blog. 

Deductive - does not apply to what I spoke about in my blog because I did not offer any specific examples as to lay evidence as to why parks and recreation improve the quality of life for residents, or specific examples of what exactly will go away without funding. 

Casual - because without additional revenue the City can not continue to support its current services without increasing, and/or generating new revenue. My evidence for that is the cuts made to this fiscal year's budget, and the lack of new revenue that is being generated.

Sign - because our elected officials continue to do the same thing expecting different results. My evidence for that is the continued depletion of the City's General Fund in prior fiscal years despite staff recommendations to make changes.

Analogical - public attitudes due to the recent blogs by some of my classmates suggest that Parks and Recreation is important in our community. 

Funding Parks and Recreation

In the words of Leslie Knope "The bankrupt government of Pawnee has been shut down all summer so it's been three months of no work, no meetings, no memos, no late nights,nothing. I wouldn't wish that on anyone". What would your summer be like if Benson's Parks and Recreation were shut down for the summer? Imagine a summer without the use of the City pool, ball games at the park, special interest programs, Movies in the Park, or other special events. Having worked the past six and a half years in Parks and Recreation I have seen firsthand the impact Parks and Recreation can make. Continued funding for Parks and Recreation is critical to the quality of life for everyone; residents, tourists, and businesses. Although, it is difficult to continue funding when expenditures exceed revenues measures need to be taken to increase revenue to preserve our Parks and Recreation. There are many ways that can be done: increase the permanent tax base, create a demand for new business, and balance expenditures and revenues in the enterprise fund. You can help by letting your elected officials you want them to take the necessary steps to preserve Parks and Recreation.

In summary, Parks and Recreation can not survive if your elected officials do not take the necessary steps to increase revenue in our City. Those steps are to increase the permanent tax base, create a demand for new businesses, and balance expenditures and revenues in the enterprise fund. By increasing the permanent tax base residents will provide revenues for the City through property and sales taxes, an increased permanent tax base will create a demand for new businesses which will create new jobs, and by balancing the expenditures and revenues in the enterprise fund that fund will essentially pay for itself saving the City money to put back in the general fund. Don't let Benson Parks and Recreation close for the summer like Pawnee did.