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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not anti pool at all and am not a nearby neighbor to Hearst Park.  However, my kids use Hearst a lot, and it's just too small of a location for a pool withiut fundamentally altering the park,  the whole reason that Hearst was chosen in the first place was it was politically and bureaucratically expedient.  Cheh thought that it would be nice if Ward 3 had its "own" pool, Hearst was next in line for a renovation, so it was convenient simply to attach some additional funding to the Hearst appropriation for a pool.  No site analysis was done and no alternatives were considered.  There was never any real outreach to the Park Service for a possible site at centrally-located Ft Reno.  DPR staff made clear initially that a pool at Hearst was not their choice.  While the Department of General Services then moved forward for pool planning at Hearst, the mayor took the pool funds out of the next budget and Cheh herself has made no effort to restore them.  My sense is that ultimately, while there may be a pool, it will not be built at Hearst.[/quote]

If you are not anti-pool and not a nearby neighbor then why are you repeating, verbatim, the many times over dis-proven talking points of the anti-pool neighbors?

No site analysis was done - not true

no alternatives were considered - not true

There was never any real outreach to the Park Service - not true

DPR staff made clear initially that a pool at Hearst was not their choice - never even heard this one before - since I've attended all of the meetings and even the anti-pool folks haven't referenced revealing this via FOIA for the moment I'm going to assume that this is also not true

Cheh herself has made no effort to restore them - not true

Therefore I am assuming that "I am not anti pool at all and am not a nearby neighbor to Hearst Park" - also not true

BTW if you are not a neighbor why would you be using Hearst a lot?  It offers nothing that other parks in the immediate area don't also offer.[/quote]

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