Letter: Response to city councilors (Printed Nov. 2, 2007)
Posted by Sentry Editor at 11/2/2007 1:29 PM 
Categories: Armory, Opinion, Letters to the editor, So Po Schools, Budget
Categories: Armory, Opinion, Letters to the editor, So Po Schools, Budget
Editor:
To South Portland City Council –
When the Armory building was purchased in 2006 I wrote to the city council and asked what you were doing. The city is not in the real estate business and I said that we don’t need to spend $675,000 on a building. I was told it is the gateway to South Portland and we will rue the day if we don’t buy it. I wrote that you wanted the building for a new city hall and the few that took the time to write back assured me that you had no intention of making it a city hall. Well here we are talking about making it a city hall. You are apparently again trying to side step the public, at least one council member stated that the public should be included.
Some councilors even ran for office stating they thought the building should be sold and got votes because of their view and are now supporting the new city hall. Must be fun to lie to the public like that!
That is some gateway you have, a strip mall and 10 houses on a two-house lot! I wonder who put that deal together and made money, maybe the same person spearheading this project. If you want to leave a legacy do it with your own money not the cities and the taxpayers’ hard-earned money.
Our schools are falling down around our kids, we cut programs and services, but you OK three quarters of a million dollars for a building without asking and now want to spend god knows how much on renovations. How do you people sleep at night? Maybe that’s the problem, it doesn’t seem to bother you at all!
Tom Fiorini
South Portland
To South Portland City Council –
When the Armory building was purchased in 2006 I wrote to the city council and asked what you were doing. The city is not in the real estate business and I said that we don’t need to spend $675,000 on a building. I was told it is the gateway to South Portland and we will rue the day if we don’t buy it. I wrote that you wanted the building for a new city hall and the few that took the time to write back assured me that you had no intention of making it a city hall. Well here we are talking about making it a city hall. You are apparently again trying to side step the public, at least one council member stated that the public should be included.
Some councilors even ran for office stating they thought the building should be sold and got votes because of their view and are now supporting the new city hall. Must be fun to lie to the public like that!
That is some gateway you have, a strip mall and 10 houses on a two-house lot! I wonder who put that deal together and made money, maybe the same person spearheading this project. If you want to leave a legacy do it with your own money not the cities and the taxpayers’ hard-earned money.
Our schools are falling down around our kids, we cut programs and services, but you OK three quarters of a million dollars for a building without asking and now want to spend god knows how much on renovations. How do you people sleep at night? Maybe that’s the problem, it doesn’t seem to bother you at all!
Tom Fiorini
South Portland
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