Lynn, I’m afraid these are the types of arguments in favor of this project that I take issue with. Arguments like… 1) We built an expensive school, so now we should also build an expensive community center. … one thing truly has nothing to do with another. If you think the school was a mistake, wouldn’t you want to exercise MORE caution on an expenditure like this? 2) It’s inconvenient to have to coordinate across multiple spaces, it would be easier to have it all in one space. … true. But spending money to mitigate that inconvenience has to be weighed in the context of our town’s budget, our future spending needs, the economic environment, etc. We have many underutilized spaces and a variety of options to continue to run these programs. I’m sorry that’s an inconvenience, but honestly, what can you reasonably expect? We are a very small town, and therefore have to contend with an inherent lack of scale and smaller tax base. When you’re small you just can’t have the same things that a bigger town can have. This is an example of a situation where we just don’t have the scale and tax base to make things perfectly convenient for you. That’s not a value judgement on the programs or the needs to service our older residents. It’s the simple arithmetic of our fiscal reality. 3) We can borrow to fund it, we have the capacity. … I can borrow to buy lots of things I don’t need and shouldn’t buy. That doesn’t mean I should. 4) We already studied this - this is what we came up with. … I think we should study it again, perhaps with some fiscal restraint as a guide. Seth On May 8, 2023, at 3:31 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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