Comments on: Attention Fort Worth: We Need More and Better Public Pools http://www.fwrenaissance.com/attention-fort-worth-we-need-more-and-better-public-pools/ DFW Blog and E-Zine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sonja http://www.fwrenaissance.com/attention-fort-worth-we-need-more-and-better-public-pools/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Sonja Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:02:51 +0000 http://www.fwrenaissance.com/?p=2892#comment-1092 Kevin, this issue is a growing one in my mind. My mother just told me that the city is donating $500,000 to the wealthy, and privately-non-profit, Fort Worth Zoo, but has no funding for projects such as swimming pools and libraries, which serve all citizens. I am a little irritated about this. Maybe the City Council needs a little more input and information on these matters and the needs of those citizens who are often ignored. I will look for more pertinent details as I go along and publish whatever I can find. Kevin, this issue is a growing one in my mind. My mother just told me that the city is donating $500,000 to the wealthy, and privately-non-profit, Fort Worth Zoo, but has no funding for projects such as swimming pools and libraries, which serve all citizens.

I am a little irritated about this. Maybe the City Council needs a little more input and information on these matters and the needs of those citizens who are often ignored. I will look for more pertinent details as I go along and publish whatever I can find.

]]> By: Kevin Buchanan http://www.fwrenaissance.com/attention-fort-worth-we-need-more-and-better-public-pools/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Kevin Buchanan Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:05:43 +0000 http://www.fwrenaissance.com/?p=2892#comment-1085 This city government has long had a bad relationship with anything involving water - we've gotten rid of most of our public pools, we let various fountains dry up, we let the Water Gardens rot (and only fixed them when there were fatalities), and we let Heritage Park rot as well. City of Fort Worth + water feature = bad times, for some reason. This city government has long had a bad relationship with anything involving water – we’ve gotten rid of most of our public pools, we let various fountains dry up, we let the Water Gardens rot (and only fixed them when there were fatalities), and we let Heritage Park rot as well. City of Fort Worth + water feature = bad times, for some reason.

]]> By: Pia http://www.fwrenaissance.com/attention-fort-worth-we-need-more-and-better-public-pools/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Pia Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:46:36 +0000 http://www.fwrenaissance.com/?p=2892#comment-1062 I agree - anyone making these decisions should swing by Forest Park pool any day in the summer to see that there is a need. You make a valid and important point that recreation for kids keeps them out of trouble. It also eases the minds of parents, who might otherwise keep kids in or let them wander to make trouble or be the target of it. I agree – anyone making these decisions should swing by Forest Park pool any day in the summer to see that there is a need. You make a valid and important point that recreation for kids keeps them out of trouble. It also eases the minds of parents, who might otherwise keep kids in or let them wander to make trouble or be the target of it.

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