it is a "community" room

it is not an indefensible squandering of the public trust and treasure.

there will be a grand opening celebration. it will be attended largely by two kinds of folks.

one is what i call the privileged class. they will be there to celebrate their little extravagance; and to congratulate themselves with having been able, with their lawyers, police, and media, to put one over on the poor dumb taxpayers.

the other group attending the celebration will be more than a few of those poor dumb taxpayers.

they will be there to ask how much taxpayers really paid for their "community" room.

there will undoubtedly be parents from Susie Rayos Marmon Elementary School. and parents from other schools who will be there to see what the money that was supposed to have maintained their children's classrooms, was used for instead.

the winner takes all (control over public power and resources)

i swear that i once read an announcement of the celebration on aps' website. now i can't find it any more. maybe it will be a "discreet" celebration, in character with their "discreet" mill levy election and their "discreet" media coverage of substantive election issues before the elections

and the feeding of voter apathy.

in which case, the press will not be attending.