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Originally Posted by Mike B.  I guess alot of my questions have been answered since my original post!
I think putting a new turf on the football field is the way to go!
As far as the cost...."WND?" could pay most of the expense. Greg Starks is behind the idea and it would be a good way to use our sales tax dollars. (for our kids)
We could have alot of great things here in Dodge, great things that benefit all of us.
Next, could be a new community swimming pool. The liner in the old one is shot and it needs to be replaced. I think adding a water park with it would be a great idea! "WND?" sales tax could pick up the bill on that facility pretty easily. |
Leave it to Dodge City to be behind the times, just as most NFL teams are seeing that having a field with artificial turf is causing more injuries and are in the process of converting all Pro stadiums back to natural grass, Dodge City wants to step-up and take out natural grass and put in turf.
Getting the WND fund to pay for it on top of that, I can see why USD 443 is excited about that. That has to be one of the stupidest ideas I have ever heard.
I'll take that back.....spending money on a water park is the
stupidest idea I have ever heard. With the rapid decline of our water table, and the nasty liquid that is pumped out of the ground in this area that people try to call water. You would be spending a fortune on chemicals to bring the pH to proper levels, reduce the conductivity of the water (ie. get rid of the high concentration of minerals and nitrates). Water is rapidly on it's way to becoming a precious material that will probably surpass oil in the cost of getting it out of the ground. The last thing we need in Dodge City is a water park.
Dodge City couldn't even support the mini-golf and go kart track at All-4-Fun!! I can assure you that the cost of attending a water park would be more than the price of addmission to All-4-Fun, and that is the reason that most people gave as to why it didn't survive. They felt that it cost too much. The
only way that a water park could have a lower admission price is that if it were designed to be operated at a loss and never be designed to pay for itself.