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[quote=Anonymous][quote]How about this is what actually happened. Alexandria Soccer came up with the idea to repurpose tired old unused tennis courts throughout the community. Alexandria City supported the effort and with joint support some additional funding they did so. The local community kids have benefitted tremendously as now you can see the space being used daily instead of overgrown with weeds and broken down tennis nets. By the way, Alexandria Soccer doesnt use the outdoor courts for Futsal league play. They use indoor facilities throughout the area.
Before you go claiming I am Tommy Park or some other ALexandria Soccer higher up, I'm not. Just a parent that has a kid that has grown with the club and the sport. I've seen them develop the courts and grow the program. At no time did revenue get generated from the repurposed courts. Occasionally practices are held on some of them. Once the weather turns it all goes inside.

I was starting to get concerned that no one had mentioned Tommy Park lately and his salary. So along with his high salary this poster is now claiming he is lining his pockets with public monies.

relax Tommy. Its just a message board.

Look, if Viagra’s not working, give Cialis a shot and you get rid of your own ED, little man.

I wonder if the city bothered to talk to the community about the courts or if they just unilaterally decided they should let private interests dictate how public resources are used. Maybe green space, dog parks, fitness courses, basketball courts, or playground space would have been a better idea. I’m sure rigorous studies were used to determine a thoughtful course of action and there’s a lot of data supporting how local community kids benefitted. Incidentally if the club is using them, the courts are generating revenue for the club. So the fact still remains that the city (whether they were aware or not) converted public resources and used public monies for the benefit of a private individual. Again, wouldn’t it be nice if there were some honesty in the area clubs.[/quote]

The ones on the west side near Ramsay get TONS of use by the community.  But, I am betting you don't get over there much.  [/quote]

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