"I’ve always talked about (how) that would make a great place for senior housing” or student housing because the site is directly across the street from Walmart and near movie theaters and other commercial development, Heavrin said.Is it any wonder that local Republicans and Democrats are indistinguishable? Go and get your cleanest dirty barf bags, and read more of Harold Adams's article here.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
JAY-sus, can we please have leadership for 2011, not 1961?
Here's Floyd County Council retro pasha Ted Heavrin on the best future of the Annex, sidestepping yet again the possibility he most desires, that of chewing up and spitting out 18 acres of Community Park at the behest of the Philistines, because after all, why not let planner Don Lopp speak for the Council instead of the ones who for some unknown reason were elected to office?
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"Planning for yesterday!"
Can anyone please explain to me the logic behind building an expensive to maintain water park when the parks department couldn't even afford to take care of a simple concrete hole in the ground?
RememberCharlemagne,
Please allow me to explain the Parks department ability to maintain a "concrete hole in the ground".
Camile Wright Pool was built in 1958/1959. The projected life of a pool of that type built at that time was approximately 50 years.
When the Parks Department began looking at options for Camile Wright, we looked at all factors where we stood at that time and options to continue the use of the pool. The pool was leaking thousands of gallons of water a month. We brought in pool contractors from around the midwest to present their ideas as to how we could keep Camile Wright open. The proposals came in with price tags ranging between
$80,000.00 - $100,000.00. One contractor would guarantee the work for 8 months, the others would guarantee the work for no more than one year. Camile Wright had lived it's life and it was time to make a decision.
We, the Parks Board made a tough decision. It wasn't a popular decision but it was the fiscally responsible decision.
Thanks,
Steve
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