Just read the article in the Post today{click on link at the bottom of my rant} and take a good hard look at the pic{isn't that Disneyland???} included.It provides quite a bit of detail on yesterday's sad sad Library/Waterfront special/secret Council meeting.Just sit back and try to ponder whether or not you think that spectacular development is gonna happen.Doucet and associates wanted the land and they got it with the presentation of the deed a few months ago...without a hole in the ground,completed blueprints or a site plan.Looks like we are heading into our 5th year of construction delays and may I suggest we are waiting for "nothing" with the bottom line having access to our Boardwalk blocked with no walkers,no pub,no treats,no parking,no socializing,no entertainment...need I say more.Our administration had many other choices for the location of our library and as far as the bucks to build it...well..that becomes a problem when you treat our tax dollars like monopoly money.Furthermore who in the heck at other levels of government in Halifax and Ottawa are gonna throw some gravy money our way with wasteful spending and 2 Police investigations underway and it would appear there may be potentially another one on the way unless someone appropriately answers this question:Who authorized the deed transfer to Doucet in Dec./25 under the Municipal Government Act which states Council has to approve municipal land sales? Prior to that the deed was held back pending a construction start.If Council did not approve the deed transfer then this transaction must be sent to the cops as was done with the Port land deal.
Our senior administrators and elected officials are a disgrace.They fall for and promote anything that includes flashy numbers,pics,overheads and yes of course smooth talking special interest groups and spinsters.In this situation Doucet kept getting extensions by coming back each time over 4 to 5 years with something bigger and grandeur.Good laurd this time they even threw in some town houses along the water...what nonsense!!! I don't know how they live with themselves with the results they are delivering for us.Council is not even performing WATCHDOG functions which should be a priority.They are more like ENABLERS for the 4th floor schemers.But...ya know what...27 months will pass before you know it and they can be tossed to the curb where they belong.We gotta get some folks in there with a spine and guts that do their homework/research and brainstorm amongst themselves before they hit that vote button.
CB Post link: https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/another-delay-to-sydney-waterfront-development-project-frustrates-cbrm-councillors
Note:Suggest folks press on the CBC link on the site below and spend 9 minutes listening to lame excuses from the Doucet spokesperson for the 5 year delay and "yes" there are 2 highlights...there will be no parking for the CBRM Central Library which our officials agreed to put in the Doucet building if it ever gets built and they even threw in some townhouses.
https://capebreton.lokol.me/s/sydney-waterfront-development-delayed-again-cbc-10889-10490965
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