Curling Club Picks Taxpayer's Pockets . . .
29/03/2009 08:01
Hi Don,
Looks like the St. Albert Tax payer will be supporting renovations to the St. Albert Curling Club (you know, the one Mayor Crouse was recently pictured curling in) to the tune of $825,000.
And get this, part of the justification was “with the expansion, we will be able to hold other [read unrelated] community events to help raise revenues”.
If my memory serves me correctly, wasn’t that excuse also used in part justification for $ervu$ Place, and will they now be competing to host community events?
What makes this a harder pill to swallow is the fact that the current amount paid by the tax payer to support Recreation and Culture in St. Albert is in excess of $24 million per year.
When is enough, enough?
Regards,
Robert Hartley
St. Albert
SINC SAYS:
The short answer to your question Robert is apparently never. Sports and recreation fans have their "friends" firmly entrenched on this council and we who never use such faciliites are forced to pay. The only way out is to turf this bunch next election. Of course the sad reality is, by then it will be much too late.
