*Friend, either you're closing your eyesTo a situation you do not wish to acknowledge <https://genius.com/25492644/Meredith-willson-ya-got-trouble/Friend-either-youre-closing-your-eyes-to-a-situation-you-do-not-wish-to-acknowledge>Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicatedBy the presence of a pool table in your community <https://genius.com/8734256/Meredith-willson-ya-got-trouble/Or-you-are-not-aware-of-the-caliber-of-disaster-indicated-by-the-presence-of-a-pool-table-in-your-community>!*
(Lyrics from Ya got Trouble, the Music Man) Happy thanksgiving everyone. Regards, *Stephanie Smoot* 857 368-9175 work 781 941-6842 personal cell *617 595-5217 *work cell 126 Chestnut Circle Lincoln, MA 01773 On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 9:02 AM Dennis Picker <[email protected]> wrote: > In a Nov 18 post, Andy Wang said: > > E*) Folks need to either trust that the CCBC is operating in good faith > and assessing the options fairly and being able to separate out 'need' from > 'want', or just assume that they never are, in which case you're not > trusting them to do anything and you'd vote no regardless. > > > *admittingly this one is a bit more subjective, though I believe it to > be true." > > I disagree with Andy on this and do not feel that the CCBC separated > must-have needs from nice-to-have wants. The 2015 study included several > items that strike me as big wants and not essential needs. These items > include a sound room, a game room for playing pool and a kitchen that is > big enough to accommodate cooking classes. These items were all carried > forward and incorporated into both of the 2018 designs. > > I attended a few of the charettes leading to the 2018 study and when I > heard about the cooking classes I asked for justification. I was told that > "someone asked for it." Why should we pay taxes to support this when there > are businesses that offer cooking classes? I have heard more recently that > the intent for the "cafe" in the proposed design is to offer complimentary > beverages and light snacks and that it is not intended to compete with > local businesses such as the Twisted Tree. I think a kitchen that can > serve that purpose could be a lot more modest in equipment and space than > one that accommodates cooking classes. As for senior lunches, why not get > take-out/catered food and just reheat it? Why pay the capital cost for a > full-blown kitchen to allow us to cook it all from scratch for the > relatively few times when these meals are provided? > > Not sure where the support for the sound room came from, but do we really > need this? A town pool table? > > Dennis Picker > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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