what SHOULD we take in at the pool?

Is the fair market value of the pool team practices $3000 a month? (number of lanes per day times number of days, etc) A couple years ago they were paying 1300 a month to practice in 4 lanes at the junior college. Are they using 8 lanes now? Thats $36,000 a year. What should the pool take in for a meet as pool rental?(16 hours times 165/hr=2460). How many meets do we have at the pool every year? Six? Eight? Lets say seven, times 2460 would be about 17k. Add the 36k and we get 53k, right, what we SHOULD get from MDAC? How much SHOULD we take in from Columbus? Reagan? the middle school? Krop? How much do we really take for swim lessons? How much additional expenses do the meets cost us (overtime, we paid $150 for an extra lifeguard at the last meet)? That is figured into the 300k+ overall loss, right? What if we marketed our pool to other swim clubs? We need to determine what a fair market value would and SHOULD be for using our pool, and then weigh THAT against 1) what we are receiving NOW; and 2) and how that number stacks up against our costs- would those numbers, IF we actually charged and collected them, make the losses acceptable? or not? IF the majority of kids were from here, and/or it was a nonprofit, it might be a different situation. But it ISNT. What could we save if we closed it from Dec thru May? How much pool heating goes in in Sept, Oct, March and April? What were the heating bills during those months last year?

facts missing ?

The City Manager says all the facts are not being represented- IF there are pertinent facts about this pool fiasco that are missing, let him present them NOW, if he dares. Would that additional facts he claims to have involve other sweetheart deals? Unclaimed revenues? Kickbacks? IF there are more than 6 Springs kids involved at MDAC, let him demonstrate THAT fact. IF the participation varies over time, fine. Let him provide verifiable numbers for the past year or two. He whines about all the facts not being presented but when given the oppurtunity to provide those facts, he, like Gorland, has NOTHING to offer of ANY substance. IF he had them, he would present them. NOTHING has been presented contrary to the facts presented.

jefferson

In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802.

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Dotsons investigation

Mr Dotson IS seriously looking into this pool situation. He would prefer if residents call him or email him so he can speak with them directly. Hes in the phone book, I believe. He has a pretty good general grasp of the situation but needs specific details and sources to solidify and confirm his current information. If he can talk to residents directly he can ask his questions at that time, and not wait for information to be relayed indirectly. It just makes is easier to see the whole big picture if its all there in front of him at one time. While getting info indirectly is better than NOT getting it at all, he is a direct kind of guy and would prefer to address this situation directly, and specifically, 1:1. You CAN remain anonymous, if you prefer, of course. The TRUTH shall set you free! We have come this far, and have finally gotten the attention of somebody who can do something about this situation. NOW is the time to make it count! Thank God somebody is interested and has the cojones to stand up and be counted!

annexation issues

The DERM oficial couldnt make the Council meeting but he DID give some kind of report to the Council members. There was NO debate or discussion of any possible areas of pollution in the Milam tracts. A DERM map as of 2004 indicates at least TWO open contaminated sites; three environmental crime sites and DERM enforecement cases; 3 facilties handling hazardous materials; 53 small quantity generators; 16 underground storage tanks; 4 hazardous waste material remediation sites; 16 grease traps; 4 solid waste disposal sites; one Superfund site; and one landfill at the site of the canada dry bottling plant. When are THESE potential pollution issues going to be debated and discussed? EVER? this map DOES say that all of the potential sites are NOT listed and that there may very well be more that are NOT listed. If the County has cleaned up some of these they need to tell us how many and where? Which ones were partially cleaned up? 20% ? 35%? How much has been done, and how much MORE needs to be done? Hoping businesses that have been bankrupt for 25 years will pay for a cleanup is not a real option. Are we willing to roll the dice, and HOPE no pollution shows up?

sidewalk contractors delight

Is it POSSIBLE that the City spent $5,000 per BLOCK to put in sidewalks along Huntinglodge drive? it is apparent that the only people who will HAVE any money to contribute to the gym project will be the contractors! If we are paying $5000 a block for SIDEWALKS, how much are we gonna pay for a 32,000+ square foot, trilevel building? I assume that those who contribute will get their OWN placques, right below Billys, and just a little bit smaller. How much is that concrete per yard? What are the standard costs?

appointment comments

Is it POSSIBLE that, after THIRTY MONTHS, Billy and Youngs CANT find ONE person out of the 13,000 + residents here in the Springs to fill their appointments? How hard could they be looking? I know of 3 people right now who would volunteer readily. Perhaps they arent looking too hard because its NOT important to them? or maybe they are just too lazy? or perhaps they could care less about their duties and responsibilities as City officials? or maybe a combination of all three? It is apparent that Youngs has one foot out the door already and he just doesnt care if his appointments are EVER filled. Billy is a little harder to figure as he is presumed to be running again and wouldnt like this to become a campaign issue against him- lazy, uncaring, and irresponsible are not electable traits for a candidate, are they? IF those two would fill their appointments the issues of "not enough for a quorum" would just disappear, right? But they havent bothered to fill them for the past THIRTY MONTHS so its unlikely they will fill them any time soon. Lets not rush into this, right guys?