Transient

A couple weeks back while out enjoying a dinner at a sushi restaurant Tia Susi & I discussed our voting choices for the recent Walnut Creek propositions. It was a warm converstation until I mentioned the fact that I did not vote in favor of building a new library near city hall because as I understood the proposal it would become a) more expensive over time to develop than what was being outlined by the proposition and b) ultimatley it would encroach upon the physical space of Civic Park which I felt was a no-no and demonstrated poor future planning. Susi didn’t see it that way and was shocked that I would vote against building a library; from there I was dubbed a “Transient”.

Yes ma’am, dem are fighting words!

For the record I’m all for building more libraries, no questions asked — I just didn’t feel this was the right solution this time around. I do agree that the current library in downtown desperately needs to be replaced because it’s so outdated and has too small of a collection of books and resources. I just don’t feel the new library should be built without adequate long term expansion in mind that doesn’t need to diminish neighboring civic resources, so I wasn’t convinced that this particular proposal was one worth having the tax payers get stuck with the difference should the project go over budget, as they most often do.

But hey, at least I do vote!

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