Comments on The Burd Report: "All we wanted was a bigger room!"

If the fee structure at the new community centre o...

2009-04-03T13:11:00.000-04:00

If the fee structure at the new community centre on D'arcy St mirrors the fees at the current Family Y on Elgin St, it will NOT be accessible to low income and average income families in Cobourg and area. I thought such accessibility was one of the goals cited among reasons both for building it in the first place and for locating it where it is ... within a short walk of a concentration of many of the lowest income families in Cobourg.

Hocke isn't "our national sport", Ben -lacrosse is...

2009-04-02T06:31:00.000-04:00

Hocke isn't "our national sport", Ben -lacrosse is.

And while "hockey people" may represent a small demographic group, they're a noisy one. As a matter of fact, sometimes I think this area is run by The 4-H Club: Hockey, Horton's, Heroes and Hearses.

Dan Christie

I'm not upset because it was not just a Seniors ce...

2009-04-01T19:18:00.000-04:00

I'm not upset because it was not just a Seniors centre, I spoke against that concept because it was not inclusive. I am upset because of the size and cost. There are cheaper alternatives. For example, if the Seniors needed more space it was available, just not in one place. A Coordinator could have been hired to inventory the empty available space: the market building, the lions centre, the oddfellows hall, the knights of Columbus Hall, Victoria Hall and other empty commercial space. All that had to be done was to use it efficiently and allocate meeting times for all. A simple computer scheduling program perhaps.
If we need more rink space it can be provided cheaper than building a multi purpose facility. We have two High Schools with gyms and indoor tracks. Why do we have to spend so much money just to build big. That's why I am upset.

I agree with you why should we build a building you may not use. If you need more rink space let's talk about that and not confuse the issue.

I can't seem to understand what's wrong with this ...

2009-04-01T18:45:00.000-04:00

I can't seem to understand what's wrong with this centre.

It seems to have something for everyone. Sure, it looks like most of it is rink, because rinks are big. There appears to be senior space, youth space and non hockey space too.

I can understand you being upset that it's not just a senior's centre, if you allow me to be upset if it was just a senior's centre. I'm not a senior (and don't plan on being one for a while)and fail to see the need for a dedicated centre for a small portion of the population when we can have so much more.

I know that it will cost a ton of money, but it's better that me paying for a building I won't be using any time soon

Sheesh, Ben, the subject line of this posting says...

2009-04-01T11:59:00.000-04:00

Sheesh, Ben, the subject line of this posting says everything that needs to be said about what has happened. Can't get any better than that. Good one.