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Subject: Re: Wall Painting

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Date Posted: 17:13:32 02/15/02 Fri
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In reply to: Karamazov 's message, "Wall Painting" on 14:43:54 02/15/02 Fri

>From the news:
>"In another situation Jerry Cassidy needs to find
>public funds if the painting of the mural on the
>Curling rink is go ahead. Council approved giving
>$20,000 if Jerry could come up with the rest of the
>$46,040 required to do the job by May 15th. There has
>been $10,320 in donations to date."
>
>My question is: Is the $10,320 donated in "cash" or
>materials? Another question I have:" Considering the
>bad economic times and the wastefull PSL disaster, how
>much more money is the City of Quesnel going to throw
>overboard? Donating $20,000 towards a wall painting
>looks wastefull to me. If this community was "booming"
>I certainly could live with it. Howcome local buss.
>have to cut back, layoff workers, and yet this council
>keeps spending and spending. One would think that they
>would take a different route and start cutting back on
>certain expenses. Many people will have difficulties
>paying higher property taxes in order to keep up with
>this wastefull council.

Just you watch they will throw all this money into this mural on the curling rink wall, and then in a couple of years they will decide that we need a new arena and curling rink and demolish it anyway.

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