Phone-a-thon : Do they really need the coffee bar?
I am not saying the Library should not be modernized, however, last year was a phone-a-thon for one thing and now this. Seems to me our taxes should be paying for this along with other improvements within the district. If I began calculating “donations” into my tax bill it would probably be 20% more than I am currently paying. Perhaps the monies that have been used to repeatedly repair damaged turf would have been better spent elsewhere. After donating during the last phone-a-thon maybe I will sit this one out. Is there a “do not call list”?
Last year they raised $55,000. Even $100,000 would not be enough for this project. What is the plan and the cost? If they do not raise the money in the phone-a-thon what will they do? More fundraising or scale back? The Ridgewood News did not have a lot of detail and the HSA has provided very little.
Do they really need the coffee bar? Can the pampering end here? Money is tight and I do not feel obligated to fund everyone’s pipe dream.
With all of the money raised in tax revenues why is there no money for a project as small as this? This is not huge by any means and we did just pass a budget. Was this in the budget? If so, where is the money and if not, why not? This is poor planning on the part of the BOE and once again, maybe we need a good accountant at Cottage Place.
