That facility is in dire need of some cosmetic and functional upgrades.

The auditorium is like an echo chamber and now we're asking the taxpayers to pick up the cost of these (mistakes) which should have been done correctly in the first place.

There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious.

Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?

We're a long way from what anybody would call dire straits,

It is a fairly dire situation.