Posted by orlando (anonymous) on April 11, 2008 at 7:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Remember how important it was to get that clock tower at 12th and Merchant?
No one has bothered to change the clock to daylight savings time yet.
Must not be important enough anymore to have the proper time. Can I use that as my excuse to be late to work?

Posted by create (anonymous) on April 11, 2008 at 8:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

ROFLMAO

Posted by netloafer (anonymous) on April 12, 2008 at 6:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I noticed that the other day. It's almost a perfect metaphor for this town - leadership that's behind the times.

Posted by create (anonymous) on April 13, 2008 at 8:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Now that I have stopped laughing, I'm guessing that changing the clock was not in any of the city's new job descriptions.

Posted by UsayULoveGod (anonymous) on April 14, 2008 at 9:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Waste of Money , better use of money should have been spent on something for the kids here in town ! Sometimes I wonder who makes the decisons for emporia ! 25 million dollar courthouse 2 million dollar pool that is losing money daily . $200,000 clock tower with the wrong time !

Posted by orlando (anonymous) on April 16, 2008 at 9:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Noticed this morning at a few minutes before nine, that the clock tower said 11:30 !!
Battery must have died.

Posted by wyse_guy (anonymous) on April 16, 2008 at 10:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

LMAO!! @ orlando, thats too funny!

I guess it shows how much the city really needed the clock if they aren't worried about maintaining it.

Hmm ...It would be interesting to see how much they pay someone to change the time and battery or if it is in the city's job description.

Posted by create (anonymous) on April 17, 2008 at 8:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I've got it! How about a Gazette poll -- "Do you believe the mechanism on the clock tower should be changed to reflect the correct time?" Answers: Yes. No. Maybe. Who cares? What clock tower?

Posted by methusla (anonymous) on April 17, 2008 at 10:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Just another perfect example of how our local govt. wastes' and has wasted taxpayer money over the years on frivolous, nonsensical, not needed (stuff) ! and now complains that they are going to have to make budget cuts and don't have the money to repair one of Emporias' main infrastructers, namely our streets.
I have been on smoother and better maintained country roads than our city streets.

Posted by Hawk1E (anonymous) on May 18, 2008 at 2:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

wait emporia has a clock tower...