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Larry Litton May 22, 2013 at 10:49 am
Well said Mr. Franks! A new town garage is needed, but not at that price tag. The town leadership…Read More needs to offer a far better option to the voters than this. I am also voting NO...
Peter May 22, 2013 at 06:06 pm
you want facts.. go here: http://www.townofcantonct.org/content/74/14580.aspx and be prepared to be…Read More violently mad! $47,500 for grub removal on the lawn $20,000 to cut down 2 trees (doesn't the town do that already?) $3,000 for a flag-less flag pole $4,000 break room counter $1,000 for a one urinal screen $5,000 for a toilet paper dispenser $10,000 locker for our few employees $500,000 for A/C so our trucks stay cool in the summer $16,000 for a hot water tank (sears has for $400) and many many many more scams
Peter May 22, 2013 at 05:41 pm
Another person claiming the people of Canton are not informed... but you offer no information, just…Read More your opinion that we should blindly vote yes. No has yet been able to articulate the "why" and the "value"... what is the return on investment in this pet project?
This garage is an absolute SCAM... it's someone's get-rich quick scheme and they will be walking away with $4M and we will be left with a $1.4M garage that isn't needed.
Wyatt May 22, 2013 at 05:13 pm
@Larry. Thanks for the reply. I don't know the details of these sites or why they weren't chosen but…Read More I do have a few initial thoughts.
First, one of the concerns of opponents of the Commerce Drive location is that the garage is a danger to nearby residents, children, bikers and seniors. Those concerns would still exist and would likely be worse in any of the 3 locations you mentioned. In other words, the same problems as the opponents raise now would remain.
Second, River Road and Lawton Road are already designated for youth sports. Given the lack of flat land and the shortage of fields in Canton, I don't see how these fields would be replaced. Fields can be built at the River Rd and Lawton Road locations but not on Commerced River. As for the state-owned parcel, I think the state owns that as open space - not land for a town garage.
Third, if the people on Lawton Road got so upset about the CVS, I could only imagine the uproar if the town garage is built there! Some don't even want the park!
Fourth, I think there is some builout problems with lawton road regarding utilities which makes the site difficult to work with. (or so I read/was told)
However, thank you again for the reply. the only real option besides commerce drive is River Road, but as I mentioned above, the opponent's concerns regarding safety would still exist and likely be even worse - right by the bike trail, kids in the area, near a major road, near homes. I don't think that site would satisfy them.
Peter May 22, 2013 at 06:06 pm
you want facts.. go here: http://www.townofcantonct.org/content/74/14580.aspx and be prepared to be…Read More violently mad! $47,500 for grub removal on the lawn $20,000 to cut down 2 trees (doesn't the town do that already?) $3,000 for a flag-less flag pole $4,000 break room counter $1,000 for a one urinal screen $5,000 for a toilet paper dispenser $10,000 locker for our few employees $500,000 for A/C so our trucks stay cool in the summer $16,000 for a hot water tank (sears has for $400) and many many many more scams
Wayne Jekot May 22, 2013 at 01:31 pm
The real reason people are opposing this plan is a "not in my backyard" attitude--it has…Read More nothing to do with cost. If so many people in town were so concerned about wasteful expenditures, we would have heard them complain about $3.6 million for a track and field! When the "dumb" location argument failed to make headway, the opponents to the "dumb" garage plan, acting purely out of self-interest and not for the common good, switched to a financial argument. You can't fool me: I voted yes.
Wyatt May 22, 2013 at 10:52 am
@Steve. Kudos! Nice to see some common sense and decency.
The actions of "Citizens for a…Read More Better Canton" have been shameful to say the least - attacking critics, distributing misleading information and attacking the good people who volunteer their time to make Canton a better place to live.
Wayne Jekot May 22, 2013 at 01:31 pm
The real reason people are opposing this plan is a "not in my backyard" attitude--it has…Read More nothing to do with cost. If so many people in town were so concerned about wasteful expenditures, we would have heard them complain about $3.6 million for a track and field! When the "dumb" location argument failed to make headway, the opponents to the "dumb" garage plan, acting purely out of self-interest and not for the common good, switched to a financial argument. You can't fool me: I voted yes.
Peter May 22, 2013 at 06:03 pm
There is one BIG BIG thing missing from this entire six year long process.
the need was never…Read More assessed, there is no return on investment, it's complete overkill and wasteful spending and no one challenged the outrageously over priced estimates.
And this was not very public... all the key documents are pretty well hidden on Canton's site.. if you don't happen to get the secret hidden link then you won't get the facts.
you want facts.. go here: http://www.townofcantonct.org/content/74/14580.aspx
and be prepared to be violently mad!
$47,500 for grub removal on the lawn
$20,000 to cut down 2 trees (doesn't the town do that already?)
$3,000 for a flag-less flag pole
$4,000 break room counter
$1,000 for a one urinal screen
$5,000 for a toilet paper dispenser
$10,000 locker for our few employees
$500,000 for A/C so our trucks stay cool in the summer
$16,000 for a hot water tank (sears has for $400)
and many many many more scams
Wayne Jekot May 22, 2013 at 01:32 pm
The real reason people are opposing this plan is a "not in my backyard" attitude--it has…Read More nothing to do with cost. If so many people in town were so concerned about wasteful expenditures, we would have heard them complain about $3.6 million for a track and field! When the "dumb" location argument failed to make headway, the opponents to the "dumb" garage plan, acting purely out of self-interest and not for the common good, switched to a financial argument. You can't fool me: I voted yes.
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