I have not been posting for a few days because of business, and my computer was conking out-I had to get a new one-so hopefully it will be better.
Now, as most of you know-the piss money away like a racehorse Cheshire-is at it again not only with these ridiculous proposals for the pool-but with these capital improvement projects: one of them being the resurfacing of the Cheshire High School track for $250,000.
ARE THESE PEOPLE IN TOWN INSANE??? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!
Now as I have stated TIME AND TIME AGAIN-I AM ALL FOR SPORTS-I AM ALL FOR THE SCHOOLS-BUT WE JUST SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING THIS MONEY OR ANY OF THIS CAPITAL MONEY ON ANY PROJECT UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO THE WELL BEING OF THIS TOWN!!
ASTRO TURF AND RESURFACING THIS TRACK THAT LOOKS PERFECTLY FINE TO ME AT THIS TIME-IS UNNESSESARY!!
We need to be spending money on fixing up our schools-HIRING MORE TEACHERS-AND PURCHASING SUPPLIES THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN
Resurfacing this track is not money well spent at this time!!
I went over to the CHS track this past Saturday-I walked the track-I honestly, AND I COULD BE WRONG-but in my opinion-I DON’T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT!!
I know the town surfaced this track with recycled basketballs-I thought that was a stellar idea, so if this is the case-WHAT IS COSTING $250,000!!!
I did notice some of the track was a little crumbly-and was faded a bit-but I really could not find a reason to spend half a million dollars on it-I COULDN’T!!
I took a photo-and this was of the WORST PART of the track-Please decided whether or not YOU THINK THE TAXPAYERS SHOULD FOOT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT!!
A few posts ago, I showed you the deteriorating condition of the front of the Town Hall in Cheshire. Of course-NOTHING will be done about it–WHY?? BECAUSE I POINTED IT OUT THAT IS WHY!!
Now another situation I stumbled upon was graffiti and broken glass in and around the gazebo in Bartlem Park!!
Also, boy am I glad I didn’t pay to have a memorial brick put into the sidewalk that leads to the gazebo!!
WHY??
Because it is practically overgrown with weeds!!
HELLO!! ARE YOU ALIVE OUT THERE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS TOWN??
As my dad used to say: and this was one of my dads CLASSIC SAYINGS:
MOVE BEFORE THEY THROW DIRT ON YOU!!
Clean up the broken glass-near the gazebo that I almost cut my foot open on when I was walking over there on Saturday-spray ROUND UP on the weeds in the walk for God’s sake and clean up the GRAFFITI ON THE BENCH IN THE GAZEBO-SOME OF IT BEING RACIALLY CHARGED!!
Oh, I guess we will have to START CHARGING AN ADMISSION TO BARTLEM PARK NOW BECAUSE I AM SURE OUT OF TOWNERS DID ALL OF THIS!! (AHEM)!!
The track looks OK to me and so does the grass area of the field (from what I could see in the pic). Besides spending $250,000 to resurface the track, some in town want to move forward with the turf field using the $525,000 grant (plus fund raising the balance of probably another 1/2 million). They also want to spend $500,000 to construct new locker rooms/concession stand out by the field. So in total we're looking at nearly $1,775,000 going towards athletics.
The Boe & TC cut $2,114,485 from the education budget. This coming year we'll have 20 less teaching positions, $278K less in support staff; $40K less spent on textbooks & instructional supplies; $50K less spent on equipment & technology, etc. And the "activity fee" is being brought back which will raise $100K.
When the activity fee was being considered, the Boe did a survey which basically asked parents something to the effect - Would you be willing to pay an activity fee for sports or would you want to see sports programs cut? Not surprisingly parents said they'd pay the activity fee.
If academics are truly more important to the parents & board members than athletics, perhaps another survey is in order. The question could read something like this (not including any money thru fundraisers) - "If $1,275,000 was available to the Boe, would you want it used to replace the money previously cut from the budget (ie:staffing, txtbks, etc) or would you want it spent strictly on athletics?"
It would be interesting to see the results of that survey.