One oldster wants her place on the water and wants it right now!
“I am so sorry Mr. Malkin wrote the way he did,” said Senior Center member Cristina Pica, 83. “We deserve waterside property just as much as anybody else.”
I wasn’t aware that taxpayers owed anyone an obligation to provide them with waterfront property so if, as Ms. Pica claims, she “deserves it as much as anyone else”, I choose to understand that as an admission that she doesn’t deserve it at all. But brace yourself, Bridget, there are big plans for still more spending on this band of oldsters hanging out causing trouble on the Avenue:
Senior Center officials say the current space is not adequate for the needs of a growing senior population. The Senior Center has about 7,000 square feet of usable program space, and will need 23,000 square feet more to expand its programs to meet the needs of seniors, according to a survey conducted several years ago. Sam Deibler, director of the Commission on Aging, said even if the building were to undergo costly renovations, there still wouldn’t be enough space.
Can’t we just drain the Byram pool and store these people there?