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Bob Malekoff is absolutely correct. This has already become a boondoggle. The best thing to do is pull the plug.
And with Matt Brown in charge of the swim complex, the price tag will only continue to go up.

This project should have been scraped after it was voted down the first time. Instead, the council kept cramming it down our throats and finally had to tack it onto the parks and rec bond to get it passed. This should be just plain illegal. Furthermore, we keep hearing how this will benefit our city and how it will attract national and international competition. Yet, we hear no details. Do they have promises of these meets? Do they have commitments for competitions pending the completion of the facility? Other than these meets, what other ways will this facility bring in money? How can the elderly who are facing cuts in services and struggling to make ends meet benefit from this facility? Why should the taxpayers have to pay for this when the majority won't use it and very probably will never set foot in it?

Remember all the controversy over the ice skating complex? It was a project that was for a specific group of people who wanted the taxpayers to pay for a facility for their use. We heard all the talk about how it would benefit this city. Same thing applies here. If these special interest groups want a facility, let them raise the money and pay for it themselves!