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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are talking about immediate neighbors, that is a pretty good split, given the thousands of others within a few miles who support the pool.

I was at the meeting tonight, and it is obvious that all who opposed it were there - you could tell because their tired arguments are the same ones that have taken up 81 pages on this forum. All 15 people. Are we really going to let 15 people hold up a pool that hundreds of families can enjoy?

One person there calculated the maximum number of tennis court users over the course of the year and showed that it paled in comparison to the number of potential pool users. And obviously the courts are only used a fraction of the time anyhow.

Notes: 
-no loss of mature trees
- soccer field intact
[b]-tennis courts available[/b]
-open green space intact

Other than people not wanting "others" coming into their neighborhood, it is hard to see what the issue is. DGS has done a great job coming up with different solutions, all of which include a pool.

Bravo to DGS, Bravo to Mayor Bowser and Bravo to Mary Cheh.[/quote]

I couldn't make the meeting but I assume that "tennis courts available" means "available" somewhere else and that they will be torn out at Hearst.  If I had to choose, if we get the pool, move the tennis courts to the site of the upper playground and the basketball court.  Hearst school can find playing space for the kids on the school yard proper.  At least then everyone's interests could be met.[/quote]

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