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Friday, August 10, 2012

Today's Fill In The Blank 8-10-12

A skate park should be paid for by ____.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not the friggin tax payers!

Anonymous said...

PRIVATE Sector. Should be a business not backed by the government and tax money.

Anonymous said...

A private citizen who wants to open a business. The city & county are not in the business of entertaining kids.

Anonymous said...

Those that will use it.

Anonymous said...

private funds

Anonymous said...

A federal grant.

Anonymous said...

Skaters.

Anonymous said...

the people that want it.

Anonymous said...

private funds.

Anonymous said...

The people that use it should pay for it.

LadyLiddy said...

Private funds. I can't believe this is even a question.

Anonymous said...

Its no different than a playground or the zoo.

Anonymous said...

Private business. Government should not have to pay for entertainment for a few. Sounds like an earmark for special interest.

Anonymous said...

Because government should only exist to benefit old, white dudes. That is the total attitude on here.

Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...
Its no different than a playground or the zoo.

August 10, 2012 2:12 PM"

There is a difference and the difference is just about anyone can take advantage of a playground and the zoo but skateboarding requires a skill which puts limits on those who can and will use it.

Anonymous said...

the users of the park.

Anonymous said...

Skaters

Anonymous said...

2:48,thats tit for tat.Ballfields,basketball courts are only used for people who play also.

Anonymous said...

OMG. People. The propsed area isnt even big enough.

Anonymous said...

Parks and recreation, if the demand is high enough. They have summer programs to give the kids something to do besides look for trouble so why not a skate park?

But there should be more than 50 or so people why would utilize it.

Anonymous said...

Those who wish to use it, but one must add those who will wish to use it in the future as new children show up, and older vets leave. Which makes it a community tax for construction and maintenance. Which makes it some kind of municipal bond issue? IDK about Muni bond issues beyond this, but that's how I see it. My boy was reallt "in to" Sk8ting" for 2.5 years. figure it out from there.

Anonymous said...

Users should pay.

If this was such a sizzling hot idea someone would have invested to locate and create one - hasn't happened.

Unlike a ball park, tennis court or basketball court, safety dictates that there be active management of such a facility, primarily for safety, but also for behavioral issues.

Public employees other than fire & police don't generally work customer service schedules (think mall, food service, etc); skaters are not going to want only M-F 9-5 hours! Payroll, benefits and retirement to staff it as a publicly run facility is the part of the iceberg that is out of view.

Should there be one? OK, but let the skaters, their parents and supporters raise the cash and operate it on private land.

Anonymous said...

users.

Anonymous said...

we used to have one. ask yourself why?

Anonymous said...

my God this one is a no brainer, Let John Robinsonn Build the Skateboard park . he planned to build after checkinh to see if the cuty was going to build one and they said no. let him run it like he runs every other bussiness (correctly) and everyone wins,,,everyone cause the city won’t run it right, Whats next City going to build a bowing alley, city wants to build somthing,

build a big pool fot all the kids to swim in the summer when its 99 outside

Anonymous said...

7:54 AM on 8/11 again:

One added thought; indoor private facility would provide 365 day opportunities to skate rather than being weather dependent; owner could set daily hours based on experience & customer traffic.