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Life, Liberty, and an Indoor Pool
555 of 762 Jackson County residents surveyed wanted an indoor pool. 760 out of 762 wanted to pay user fees sufficient to recover costs. Actually, that last sentence was a…
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Transparent If You Buy the Local Daily
The local daily discovered in a “legal notice” that Buncombe County is preparing to build a $6.5 million indoor pool. There is no location yet for the covered competition pool,…
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Diathlon
Last night’s meeting of the Buncombe County Commissioners featured two main events. The first was a swimming marathon. Folks organized to save the Zeugner pool. The county has decreed it…
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That among These Are . . .
The Town of Canton’s swimming pool is reportedly in dreadful need of repair. The buzzwords are “safe” and “green.” Water is leaking badly, and that is wasteful. If the leaks…
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G’boro budget: Door number one….
Number two, or number three. City Manager Rashad Young presents three options for budget cuts to the City Council. How about a reasonable combination of all three that adds up…
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You Only Think You Can Swim
Cherokee County determined it did not need an aquatics director at the Hiwassee Valley Pool & Wellness Center. She was terminated in the name of finances. Citizens are outraged, claiming…
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Hotel taxes for GSO swim center
Guarino’s all over Greensboro City Council’s decision to borrow against future hotel tax revenues to pay for the shortfall in the swim center funding. The N&R surely will follow up;…
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Closing the aquatic center gap 2
The N&R follows up: The city has shaved about $3 million off the cost of a planned competitive swim center at the Greensboro Coliseum, but construction will still cost $6…
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Durham May Spend $1 Million to Design Pool
This News & Observer story is a good example of why conflict over a budget is a good thing. The arguing that ensues tends to reveal some of the spending…
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More legal problems for W-S
Speaking of potential lawsuits, the City of Winston-Salem has one on its hands with the drowning death of a teenager in a city pool. The immediate question for the city…