Wednesday's letters: Wrong to sell parkland to community group
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Re. 'Selling Wellington Park land cheaply for an African centre raises questions,' May 20
I read today that council's executive committee has unanimously recommended the sale of a portion of Wellington Park to the African Multicultural Community Centre for the token price of $1. This decision clearly needs a complete rethink.
On many levels, this decision is simply wrong. Firstly, the City of Edmonton should not be getting involved in any one minority group's desire to establish a centre for the use of their own members. This is a private group's desire and is serving that single group and, as such, should not be supported by public funds.
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