I am all in favor of civic improvement, and I believe in the value of government inspired or led movements to improve our society, but this venture, in the absence of any strongly felt need (and I haven't detected any in Sebastopol in the past 25+ years), and considering the shaky state of California state finances, seems unwise. To paraphrase what Senator Everett Dirksen said about government spending some 70 (?) years ago, "a quarter million here, a quarter million there, and pretty soon we're talking about real money"
I am all in favor of civic improvement, and I believe in the value of government inspired or led movements to improve our society, but this venture, in the absence of any strongly felt need (and I haven't detected any in Sebastopol in the past 25+ years), and considering the shaky state of California state finances, seems unwise. To paraphrase what Senator Everett Dirksen said about government spending some 70 (?) years ago, "a quarter million here, a quarter million there, and pretty soon we're talking about real money"