700,000$ A Ridiculous Cost For Remodeling City Council Chambers

Does anyone else think that $700,000 is a bit much to spend on remodeling the City Council chambers?
It's not like the room they use is old and decrepit, it's in good condition and located in a modern building. What is this money being spent on? Apparently some if it will go to 'more comfortable' chairs. Estimated price? At least 700$ EACH.

What happened to the council that preached fiscal restraint? Where's the council that closed public pools because the cost of maintaining or replacing them was too high? Where's the council that said no to a compost pick-up program because the $900,000 was deemed not worth the environmental benefits? Where is the council that forces Cornwall Transit to run routes that are near impossible to traverse on schedule during peak hours or bad weather, because it's not 'cost-effective' to put another bus or two on the road?

For the record I never agreed with that definition of 'fiscal responsibility'. The high municipal taxes that we pay should be going to improving and maintaining valuable public services. NOT wasted on exorbitantly high aesthetic changes.

Hopefully enough people speak out against this.

Avatar vs The Vatican

So the Vatican press has criticized the film Avatar for encouraging nature worship. That should put those silly people who believe that the best place to find God is in His creation in their place. Everyone knows the best place to find God is in a stone building built by man and kept by an elderly pedophile.
Well, I sure have learned my lesson: Only worship a tree if there's a Jew nailed to it.

Free Speech Keeps Taking A Beating.

Is it really front page news that Kathy Griffin said the word "fuck" on CNN New Years Eve?

I really don't see this as a big deal. It's just a word people. Grow up.

At least it wasn't as bad as last year, when she told some guy "I don't go to your job and slap the dicks out of your mouth" . But it wasn't as funny either...