To the editor:
Re: “Shut up and start shovelling,” June 25.
I was at the AGM for the South Vancouver Seniors Arts and Cultural Society.
It was a very long tiring meeting for seniors sitting on hard chairs, listening to politicians bickering.
Many of those seniors have been working hard for more than 12 years. Now that we are close to achieving our goal, we have the City of Vancouver telling us it will be “possibly” another two years.
It is just not good enough. We need the City of Vancouver to get going, get the work done, get the “shovels in the ground” NOW. Use the money already in the bank and get started.
Donna Davies,
Vancouver
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In the last AGM meeting of South Vancouver Seniors Arts and Cultural Society, it had been established that the funding for the seniors centre for Southeast Vancouver had already been provided by the three levels of government.
Why has the City of Vancouver not started the project yet? We should be SHOVELLING THE GROUND NOW.
With the civic election coming this November and the federal election forthcoming, I am concerned that this project to build the seniors centre will be again buried and forgotten. As a senior and a taxpayer, I would like to keep my life a bit longer; the existence of this centre would help. Please, let us move forward.
Nelson Didulo,
Vancouver
