$60 Million for a New City Hall??????????
You have to be joking. People are losing their jobs, being asked to take time off from work without pay and the City of Newport Beach wants to spend $60 MILLION on a new city hall. There have been numerous complaints from boat owners in the city as the harbor has tripled the fees in the last few years to raise the money.
The Back Bay which serves the needs of all residents, mammals and birds alike has been undergoing a major dredging project-and funds are running low. Instead of using the funds to complete dredging the back bay, the city desperately wants a new city hall.
I believe that I blogged about the fact that the project has gone to a San Francisco firm-not a local one-to keep the money in the county. I am shocked that city hall is still going ahead with the project.
Newport Beach residents are already not excited about the location that has been chosen for city hall, arguing that the site should be kept natural and not allocated for a structure. I just do not know what the city is thinking. Now is not the time to be selfish and build a new city hall that is not really needed.
At least it is not my tax dollars that is going to this fiasco!!!!!!!!!
