City isn’t showing much restraint

Re: “City unveils plans for new 9th Avenue S.E. bridge” and “Council cools on historic city hall,” May 9. At a time when we’re still hurting, is this bridge a necessity or a nice to have? Is a fresh coat of paint all that is really required?

If this is a make-work project for the unemployed oil and gas workers, the politicians need to wake up, as the skill set required for this doesn’t align with the unemployed tradesmen from the oil and gas sector.

In line with this spending, it appears that there has been “the addition of staff members in some councillors’ offices,” so apparently, we’re not sure if the Old City Hall will accommodate this, and some councillors are not eager to go back to smaller offices. So what has changed since the justification for and the start of the $34-million refurbishment?

Who is responsible for this potential faux pas and who is going to tell the “children” that they need to go back to their offices when the refurbishment is completed?

Regardless of what the politicians and optimists say, we haven’t turned the corner and oil and gas professionals and tradesmen are still hurting.

Bob Fraser, Calgary