Te Awamutu Museum/Cultural Centre

Te Awamutu District Council is hell bend on pushing through the proposed new Museum/Cultural Centre. It is true a committee have done all the right things, planning communication, and having flagged this possibility in the Council books. But lets take a step back, If you like myself get turned off by “boring subjects” you can be excused to turn off by this kind of process. And dreams are free, in comparison if you want your dream to come true and want the community pay for this that is an entire new proposition. Look Councillors and Committee members you now have got our full attention. Please rewind as this is going to take a bit more than “it is to late”. Lets first of all recognise the fact that we are in possibly the worst financial situation due to banks over inflating property prices crash. And secondly the Council by what seems their right to increase rates annually regardless of the outside world realities. And thirdly a lot of people are struggling due to the shrinking employment market and rate payers are put in a unfortunate position of having to cash in their assets to live. Now lets pick up this grandiose project again, it is not going to happen. Possibly the timing of the forthcoming elections is perfect for the community to have a say and to veto this grand scheme. What I can not figure out is why have the drivers of this project not picked up on the communities angst? Is it because they are all retired or semi retired seniors that have had a opportunity for a good life and used their time well to make substantial incomes. And that they may very well be isolated from the reality of the current financial climate and can’t figure out what they are all getting so excited about. After all the process is being followed and this will be a great asset to the wider community. I was wondering that 1/3 of the funds where going to be rates funded (my assets), the other 1/3 asset sales (our assets), and the last third by donations, (our assets). Yep this will be a interesting few months and no local bodies are not boring any more and yes we are hanging on every word that comes from council…they have been a bit quite lately!