That is a large Board! What is this a Board of?

You can be sure it will be a P3 with these guys involved and their friends will get the contract in a system not based on a fair tendering process with our public dollars as per ussual.

I imagaine, that hopefully, as per usual, this project will be treated the same way as the Aquatic Centre, the CN Centre/Multiplex, the Northern Sports Centre ($5 million from the city on this one -- did you vote for it?????), and all the other recreational facilities.

We do not need another drain on our tax dollars like the above mentioned places. I would like to know why the minority groups always seem to get their way. Are there some kickbacks from these things?

How do we get this project stopped?

Who the heck comes up with these ideas that we wind up paying for? I say finance it from the profits from the museum, or what ever that building is beside the Legion. I remember those museum folks saying how rosy the financial picture was for that place, lets see it pay for something, instead of us.

I think the group should go into the pub and liquor store business, with a few video gaming terminals on the side. We'' get the support of the government to allow us to keep the liquor and gambling taxes to apply to the building of the PAC.

We'll call it "direct access in support of the performing arts" (DASPA). At least the money will stay in the community.

;-)

Those that can Do
Those that can't sit on a board

I think owl is right. It's about time the PAC started thinking about being a little less demanding of the public purse.

Look to the skill set that the PAC members have to make revenue. Setting up puppet show booths on George Street will help revitalize the downtown and put a face to the financial picture for many of those in the group that have no idea how money is earned.

Or simply have the group mortgage everything they have, just like a any other business, and go for it. If there is that many people that want something like you say, then pay for. They can have it all for themselves that way.

In my humble opinion I suspect that the real game plan here is to build a PAC, but the push is to spend the money on a huge facility, and provide Construction Contracts etc so that people can make some big bucks.

The PAC people were totally ignored for years until Initiatives Prince George (Front man for City Hall) decided it was time to form a committee and get the PAC idea off the ground. Dezell is in the process of completing the work he and others have done to get the Monstrosity Sportsplex on the hill completed., and will now get the PAC going. People are being used by the Politicians, Contractors, Developers, etc; and they dont even know it.

City Hall these days seems to be nothing more than a thinly disguised development Co., building projects or arranging to have them built around the City at the expense of taxpayers.

(1) Multiplex
(2) Sportplex
(3) Police Station
(4) Art Centre
(5) Civic Centre
(6) Co-Generation Plant
(7) Performing Arts Centre

The list goes on, however you get my point. In addition to all the tax payers ventures, they have bought property and sold it to developers to assist them is moving or establishing their business. In effect fronting for some business's to keep the price of the property down. Why are we in the Real Estate Business? Cant private enterprise look after itself??