tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post115254209714655211..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: Rain Forest: Monday July 10 UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-1152585213630563892006-07-10T21:33:00.000-05:002006-07-10T21:33:00.000-05:00Don't underestimate the power of Pella to come up ...Don't underestimate the power of Pella to come up with money to do just about anything she wants to do. That town can squeeze money from stone. <BR/><BR/>The real question is: will the village elders approve it? And that is not based on fiscal potential but moral/theological and consequently social rationale. If the village masters of Pella don't like the smell of a project it won't happen. Nothing happens in Pella with out the endorsement of the 5 to 23 major players in the area - 95% of whom are hard-core old school Dutch Reformed and Dutch decendents. If you don't have a Korver, Scholte, Van Somebody, Koopman, etc. on board <B>it won't happen.</B> On the other hand, if Betsy Roe is on it that means that Central College President David Roe will back it - however Central College is the turd in the punch bowl in Pella. Evangelical Central College is considered "radically liberal" by the Old Dutch Masters of Pella, so if it is a Central backed project expect some resistence.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581728675607760362noreply@blogger.com