I am angry about the waste of taxpayer dollars being used to destroy the Discovery Elementary, Voyager Middle School and Mariner High School sports complexes this past summer. It is obvious that there is something amiss. I will be brief and only point out what I consider to be the three most blatant errors:
1. A drinking fountain near the Voyager baseball backstop (which only lacked final hook up) has been deliberately filled in with concrete. It would have been far superior to make this drinking fountain fully operational. Children playing sports should drink plenty of water.
2. Perfectly good 3-foot high chain link fencing has been torn out and replaced by 5-foot chain link fencing. This is truly taxpayer dollars wasted. It would have been far superior to put netting around the Discovery soccer goals and make them fully operational. Another set of soccer goals could have been installed, since there is room for another field right next to the not-fully-operational one. Thus, we could improve and create facilities.
3. The Mariner auxiliary field and track was in good condition. It, too, had a drinking fountain that should have been made fully operational. There was no need whatsoever to bulldoze the track and field. Again, a tremendous waste of taxpayer dollars.
I hope that the chains and the locks on the gates between the facilities disappear soon. If not, I’m sure intelligent kids will soon wonder, “what idiot put the locks there?” and simply cut holes in the chain link fence to get through, creating an unaesthetic yet functional passage. We had a nice sports complex being created; however, someone has been destroying it this past summer. Who is responsible for the waste and destruction? I know how I am going to vote next time a school levy comes to ballot – no.
Everett
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