"Eternal flame" at veterans' memorial not so eternal after all.

[LiberalHeart]

How could these folks not know that burning gas non-stop is expensive????

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. - An "eternal" flame at Bullhead City's new veterans memorial park that only lasted until city officials received a $961 gas bill has been re-lit following complaints by veterans groups.

The Medal of Honor Memorial at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Park alongside the Colorado River was lit on Veterans Day in November. When the bill arrived in late December, city officials were stunned.

"It caught us by surprise," City Manager Tim Ernster said Thursday. "What we decided to do for the time being is to turn the flame on ... for special events, for Veterans Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day — those types of activities."

More here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28589920/

[SpiralHawk]

1. "They say the Eternal Flame has also gone AWOL? Smirk." - Commander AWOL (R)

"Now who would ever have imagined?

[jobycom]

2. Only fix the part people can see. That's the American Way, now, isn't it?

[JVS]

3. How about an eternal airconditioner?

[LiberalHeart]

4. That would be at the graves of GOP politicians destined for hell.

[JVS]

5. Give me enough beer and I'll be an eternal tinkler for those graves

[hedgehog]

6. We need a word or phrase to describe "patriotic" displays or activities

that people think up and that everyone else is too sheepish to object to. Eternal flames in every park in the country is one example. Living flags composed of people who'd rather be doing something else is another.

[qazplm]

7. apparently

they dont have anyone on staff who can multiply the cost of gas/fuel times the amount the burner would burn through per day or month.


Or calculators.