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Sandy Donald wants the Kincardine Centre for the Arts (the former Kincardine Town Hall) delisted from being a heritage building. Sandy should come clean. How can we have transparency in government when it is not present in the deputy mayor? Mr. Donald should tell us why he wants to delist the Centre for the Arts. We know it is not about the elevator; that is not an issue. Is it because he believes the building has not much “architectural heritage”? If the building is to remain in its present role, does it matter if the Centre for the Arts is kept listed as a heritage building? Also, Sandy Donald would have us think that Heritage Kincardine is the problem. It is more probable an obstacle for Sandy. For the record, Heritage Kincardine is a much needed asset in the municipality. Lacking any logical explanation from Sandy, the subject should be taken off the table. The Deputy Mayor does make us realize, though, how delicate the past and future of our municipality really is. Council will spend thousands of dollars for a streetscape while wanting to destroy the principal assets for that streetscape. Council will pay $600,000 plus operational costs for a wrongly placed, oversize tourist bureau, yet sell the former post office because it needs some repairs and has become costly to operate. There is likely a reasonable solution to these concerns but council appears enamored with the new. The Centre for the Arts will probably experience a similar fate if concerned citizens are not vigilant. In Toronto I can still buy stamps and experience history in Toronto’s first post office and it is not nearly the attractive building that our former post office is. Why does council spend $75,000 on advertising while destroying its own history? This is not short-sightedness; this is pure blindness. If council were in Rome it would tear down the Coliseum because it is too old and besides, Rome needs the parking. Unless citizens wake up to the threat, Kincardine’s town centre will be gutted of all historical features.
Deputy Mayor Donald should explain what his own plans for an
art centre are. It is wrong for him to bring a hidden agenda to council
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