**TOM KANE’S NEW "COMMUNITY HUB" BLOCKED by COMMITTEE – COMMON SENSE STRIKES OUT AGAIN**

TOM KANE’S NEW “COMMUNITY HUB” BLOCKED BY COMMITTEE – COMMON SENSE STRIKES OUT AGAIN

Just when you thought this town couldn’t get any more ridiculous, Tom Kane’s proposal for a simple, no-frills community hub on the old Mill Street lot has been shot down by the “Planning and Aesthetic Subcommittee.” They said it “lacked architectural nuance.” Nuance? It’s a concrete pad and a bench, people! We don’t need a marble palace to drink a coffee and complain about the weather. Meanwhile, the same committee approved a $40,000 “interactive art installation” that’s just a pile of painted shopping carts. Common sense says: if you want to build community, let a man build a bench. If you want to waste money, hire an artist. I’m done.