I just read through this “plan”. It is so full of pie-in-the-sky idealism and jingoism that is was a very hard read. A couple of observations: the suggestion that the City has not been able to monitor or track the usage of their facilities is absolutely absurd. My read on this is that they can’t produce data to support their plan, so they simply expect citizens to believe that they don’t have the numbers. The plan further suggests that there are no supervisors in the Recreation Department, and that the structure of the Department prevents them from proper supervision. Who exactly created the structure? Al Queda?

There is a suggestion to cover the field at the LTCC, so that it can be used in winter. Snow Globe couldn’t have anything to do with this, could it? Of course, conveniently, that isn’t mentioned.

Of course there are myriad opportunities to improve recreation facilities, but any problem starts with taking responsibility and recognizing your failures. I don’t see any indication of that in this plan. And, they want to add at least three full-time positions. Until there is real and tangible accountability in all aspects of local government, no plan will produce the results that we need. As the ads on TV recently say: “…that isn’t how any of this works”. But they want more money, oh, do they want more money.