Patriot, as you know I have posted similar thoughts on this waste of taxpayer's money. And I still am against it, especially with concerns to city hall, a city hall that could be renovated at a cost less than the cost of a new facility, and the library.

I also still agree that Oak Creek has a lot of vacant retail space that should be filled before building more retail space without firm written commitments from businesses looking to set roots into Oak Creek.

And I also agree that this project is nothing more than the city officials wanting something that they can point to and say "Look at what we gave you", and hope that everyone feels that it was a good fit for the city.

In today's economic climate you have to be smart. With online shopping, retail space isn't needed as much as it used to be. And eating establishments, not everyone has the money to be eating out everyday of the week, and if they do, they are eating fast food, not really going to sit down restaurants, especially the high end restaurants that you see in downtown or out in Brookfield, Waukesha, Whitefish Bay, etc.. the restaurants they want to draw into the area.

Wasting taxpayer's hard earned money is not the sign of being a responsible government.

@OC Paul-Thank You Paul. I was not trying to be an a**hole with my comments. I do not believe my comments warranted the remarks from Greg or Dirk. I would like to consider myself a very conservative individual who has had to make drastic cuts in my own lifestyle as well as my familys. Drastic cuts to compensate for the increased living expenses that are a direct result of irresponsible Government. It looks as though those expense will continue to rise. Obviously we have a revenue problem rather than a spending problem according to the current admin.
All Im saying is exactl what Paul stated. As a tax payer of Oak Creek with several children who attend the school system, I do not see the need for such development at this time!!

@ Patriot, you are not alone, I too have made drastic cuts in my spending to compensate for the increases in living expenses we have all seen. I may not have a family, but I am a single homeowner having only one income.

Patriot, It's not time to bail out of the city. It's time the city started to LISTEN to it's CITIZENS.

A CITY does not exist without CITIZENS. And a city cannot function without money from taxpayers, and a city cannot be spending money they do not have. Operating at a deficit is not responsible, it's reckless.

@ Paul-Yes your absolutely right. I am not going anywhere. But I do get rather frustrated at how our elected officials take these and other matters into their own hands claiming to represent me. Had they made this a referendum they know very well it would have failed!!

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Dirk you more than likely do not even live in the community.

...and just to clarify, I don't mean the *idea* or *staff* or *offerings* of the library sucks, I am just talking about the physical building!