numbers needed?

Surely it is not being said that residents who; question posted numbers that are in conflict with the revenues claimed; wonder why public taxes are being used to subsidize private businesses; are amazed that Optimist connections that are stated that apparently DO NOT exist, and never have; are puzzled why we get so litle revenue from teams that practice here six days a week; and are confused by why a 100-strong private swim team needs a public handout that only benefits the swim team and has NO benefits to the actual swimmers- is anyone saying those concerns are not valid because not a lot of others are asking those questions? Maybe if more people asked those questions there would some real, validated, documented answers forthcoming. As posted, the pool revenues have no discernable relationship to the monies they SAID they took in. Not even close. Anybody care to explain THOSE incongruencies? After over a month, why are there no verifiable rosters presented? How many people have to make these inquiries for them to become valid? Those who believe the inquiries are invalid need to explain WHY they believe them to be invalid, using facts and verified figures to support your case. You can start by explaining the nonexistent Optimist connection claim.

Optimistic

Glad to hear from the Optimists. Wonder how Gym got that information? Optimists sponsored my football from pee wee all the way up. Had a blast. Well run. Never heard ONE complaint of anything not on the up and up. STILL never have. The memo clearly states that the concession monies are funneled into Optimist accounts. Can this be another one of those secret handshake deals that nobody else knows about? sounds strange to me. The verbatim quote is,"Concession stand is run by volunteer parents and the money is deposited with the Optimist Club thru their association with the team. As it is done thru the Optimist Club, no resale tax is charged." Weird.

questions persist

The point about the break by charging only $200 a month is well taken. It amounted to an $1100 a month break for the MDAC swim team! There WERE NO breaks given to the swimmers! They were charged the same. It was money in the swim teams pocket. That $1100 break came straight out of the Springs taxpayers pocket into theirs. Is it possible that some of that $1100 a month wound up in anybody elses pocket? Is it possible that little Timmy was a Springs kid? one of the six? which would make the count for current active Springs kids even lower. Good work tracking that down. Any Optimists out there know anything about the Optimist connection?

Optimist concessions

memo continued.. Concession stand is run by volunteer parents and the money is deposited with the Optimist Club, through their association with the team. As it is done thru the Optimist Club no resale tax is charged. for the GMAC meet (all the HS in dade) the MSSH parents ran the concessions and all the money raised went to the payment of their pool rental. At large meets there may also be vendors that sell swimming apparel and products. The host team usually gets 10% of those sales. THE volunteer parents that run the concessions, are they host team parents, or Optimist parents? how long has the Optimist Club been associated with the swim team? Is there some kind of contract with them to assist the swim team? Do they just help the MSSH swim team? Do they provide this oppurtunity to everyone? Good to see the Optimist Club involved, but this is the first time this connection with the swim team has been revealed. Is this another handshake agreement?