Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 18944
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11/17/2003: "Your Tax Dollars at Work: $15,000 for the Senior Center"
Mayor J. Robert Hunsicker (left) presented a check for $15,000 from the Borough of Perkasie for the building fund of the planned Pennridge Senior Center in Silverdale. Accepting the check at tonight's Borough Council Meeting, on behalf of the Senior Center, are Marge Bryant Mason, center, and Nancy Keenan.
I'm glad to see the Senior Center making progress toward funding their new building. I want to see them reach their goal of building in Silverdale. However, I voted against the $15,000 when it came up in budget considerations last year, and I'm still opposed to the donation. Not because it isn't a worthy project -- it is -- but I don't think it's an appropriate use of tax funds. The building they currently own, and the new one that will replace it, are owned by a private organization, not by the seniors or the public. So our tax dollars are going to help a private organization build a building. This is one of the reasons they've had such difficulty raising funds -- others have the same problem I do. But my view is that of a minority on Council, and even though there was some sympathy with my position, it isn't "politically correct" to appear to oppose the seniors on this (my opposition wasn't against the seniors, just to the private organization who will own the building), so the funds were appropriated. So be it. What do you think? Add a comment below.
