Reply to Arlington proposing to close county gymnastics program

Forum Index » Sports General Discussion

Reply to "Arlington proposing to close county gymnastics program"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents will happily pay more, its a good program. [/quote]+1[/quote]

+2
[/quote]

The gymanstics people and the swim people should pay for what the programs cost, including a share of the giant buildings dedicated to your sport that you use for free.

[/quote]
The buildings aren't being used for free as everyone pays fees.  These buildings should be packed with toddler, preschool and little kid classes, as demand is through the roof.  If Arlington wants to recover costs, they need to do their jobs and utilize the space.  They should be hosting kid gymnastics birthday parties, open gym nights with babysitting, senior workout classes during the day, etc.  We have the facility.  Parks and Rec just need to do their jobs and fill it.[/quote]

They are getting the space for free. At least for swimming, the county and APS charge outside groups rental fees. It makes up a huge portion of the costs for club swimmers. Many of whom I’m sure would be happy to swim for AAC if it didn’t fill up immediately. [/quote]
That's the county model.  Teams aren't paying the full cost of their field usage either given the value of land in Arlington.  We can change the model, but it should be done across the board.  In this case, there was never a proposal to change fees.[/quote]

Acting like the fields are the same thing as a gym dedicated to gymnastics is not a winning argument.  These fields are heavily used by the community and it’s not just kids and families it’s people of all ages playing pickle ball up soccer, volleyball etc.

Also the idea the county should turn into a birthday party facility to help pay for this??

Just say we can afford it and we will pay more taxes.  Or say what you would cut instead.

We haven’t even seen the schools cuts yet.[/quote]

Ha my autocorrect tuned that into pickle ball up soccer.  Sorry.  Pick up soccer.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics