pool issues

There is no doubt that swimming is one of, if not the best exercise workout there is. the problem is not the swimmers or the benefits of swimming. We need to optimize and monetize the swimming pool to maximize the income to at least the breakeven point and minimize losses. Right now it is an expensive luxury for a few admirable-but-expensive local kids. EVERYBODY should be charged a fair sum to use our pool, and it should be run as a business. If it cant be run at least at a breakeven enterprise it should be closed down once school has started and not opened again until school closes for the summer, as a cost-reduction measure. Kids can build their stamina, character, and disciplne at nearby facilities just as well as here, and at considerably lower cost to the MS taxpayers. It could be seen as a bonus to enhance the efficiency of under-utilized pools by having more swimmers using their facility.
Refusal to even consider doing this is just another example of a Mayor, Council, and City Manager who have stopped listening to the people and continue to mismanage our City and assets at the taxpayers expense. Change is needed and coming- the sooner the better.