a community service

I spoke with Brenda Knight Saturday and, altho her husband may be a pill, she is a local lady providing a community service to other Springs residents, as far as I can see. She says she has cancelled checks for $400 a month for rent for YEARS and there is no reason to doubt her. I only wish we could get the private swim team at the pool to offer to do the same kind of disclosure and documentation. Although I would prefer to have some kind of contract that would protect both Jazzercise parties legally, I have no serious problem with local people providing needed services for other Springs people at a very reasonable rate. That is capitalism. Full disclosure: I used to do classes of Jazzercise myself. Dr. Mel P. Johnson

parking problems

When jazzercise and a basketball game are being done at the same time the front parking lot is packed, along with the swales on both sides back to, and into, the back lot. Go any Teusday or Thursday and see for yourself. Its good that the residents are using the facility those couple days a week but DOES place a burden on the residents in that area who have cars parked in their swales and sometimes driveways, due to insufficient parking spots. During the one year, minimum, construction time to build a new gym, where are those people going to park? At the Optimist Club? Lions Club? There will be staging in the back parking lot and construction materials and equipment in the front lot!