Does Marty Heiser speak for the Board of Finance or is he just Bored of Finance?
Regarding the notion of a new $20 million library, Mr. Heiser is quoted in the Ridgefield Press as stating: "I told them [if] they want to build their Carnegie Hall, they’ve got [to] find their Carnegie.” It looks to me like they have. His name is Heiser.
Mr. Heiser, referring to the Board of Finance, said “...This board can help shape the deal.” I ask: What deal?
Furthermore, in Heiser's world “...If it’s $15 million private and $5 million public, I can see getting behind that, because we’d have to spend $5 million to fix it, anyway.” I say: Really? If the library can raise $15 million, raising $5 million should be a breeze.
And finally the former Board of Finance chairman stated “This thing’s got architect’s renderings and ads in the newspaper — this thing is coming.” So I say if 'this thing is coming', why should we waste money on a referendum? Let's just call it "Fiat by Marty".
Here's some more of what I think.
(1) If the library can only raise $15m, they should build something for $15m.
(2) Their current rendering described in the Ridgefield Press & the Danbury News Times doesn't even include the old Webster bank building which could house a gift shop, a coffee house and other appropriate businesses that could help support their kingdom.
(3) If, in fact, taxpayers are asked to chip in $5 million, the quid pro quo should be the gradual zeroing of the library's annual stipend which is $1.64 million this year and use that money to pay down the taxpayer $5 million contribution.
(4) I dare any member of any board to raise these politically un-popular propositions publicly. It's always MORE, it's NEVER LESS.
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