Preliminary numbers are in about the vote for out City to spend a whopping 34 million dollars on a Hockey rink, curling, soccer field multiplex.
It seems our city council, which has been having secret meetings, has managed to brainwash the people of Moose Jaw into believing we need to build this monstrosity (right in the middle of our downtown) in order for the town to grow.
As far as I'm concerned, the 10-15% increase in my taxes would be better spent on our decaying hospital, or snow removal in the winter, rather than a multiplex that only 5-10 percent of the population will ever use. Not only that, but it will have to be subsidized by ongoing taxing to keep the place running.
Don't get me wrong. I would like to see a facility in place that fulfills the NEEDS of the city, not the wants of a few special interest groups, and not one that costs tens of millions of dollars. One group that will profit from the current multiplex plan is several of the original planning committee members. The land that the downtown facility will be built on is owned by them or business partners of theirs. Surprising how that works out, isn't it?
I'm sickened by the continued brainwashing that is going on. I wish I could wash my hands of it, but I'll be forced to pay for it, along with the other tax payers in the city.
4 comments:
I think anything that can keep our children and teenagers off the street and away from drugs is a good thing. I only wish I had these places when I was younger. Maybe then I wouldn't have got hooked on some stuff and messed up my life. Doing drugs was the second biggest mistake. The first biggest mistake was marrying my wife. Now I live in a trailer with a bitch wife, missing the good old days of getting blasted with my friends. The only good thing that happened to me this month was that my kid stopped pissing his bed (he's 16)! Yep, if I had a multyplexy thing when I was young, I could have gone to school and become a doctor or something.
Whatever anonymous post above.......blame the lack of a fricken rink for your failures in life. Hell, if you just would have stayed in school, actually studied for exams, gave up the video games, the liquor and the drugs you could have got a degree and became a doctor or something important. Take some responsibility in your failures for god sakes! As we all know, you get out of life what you put in.
I feel sorry for your bitch wife; I am surprised you even got one! I would have thought your "wife" was a plastic pussy or something like that...
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Hey Man! That's my wife your talking about! I'm so sorry that I disagree with you. I guess I just believe that children are our future! If we didn't have children, then what kind of future would we have? I can tell you one thing, the human species wouldn't be doing so well if we didn't have children. I would rather see me taxes go up a bit and make the world a better place for our children, than have some extra cash in your pocket so that you can do whatever it is that you like to do. Judging from your comment, I would guess your funtime would involve a donkey, corn syrup and tennis balls.
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