Fillmore Gazette: Question 6

The City of Fillmore is a diverse community. We all have needs for city services, including recreation.  The Towne Theatre is a form of recreation as well as an enterprise fund that is intended to bring in revenue.

I believe that it was proper to fund the Spanish language films in order to promote the Spanish films as an enterprise attraction to try and bring in more revenue and to provide a service to the Spanish speaking community.

I have not seen any specific data on costs vs. revenue to compare the difference in expenses with English films to know whether it was feasible or not, but I do know that the general fund is still subsidizing the Town Theatre enterprise fund.

As far as the translation equipment, I am aware that there is a line item in the budget to pay for translation services. If the translation equipment will help non-English speaking citizens become more connected to the community and to participate in civic affairs then we need to provide the equipment.

Translation would help the non-English speaking citizens who have a desire to contribute to the community come into contact with more English speakers to facilitate learning English language skills.