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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox
As I said in an earlier thread on spending money to maintain the softball facilities:
"There are really only two ways to run a community like ours. Either we "pay to play" or we accept that we ALL contribute towards maintaining ALL of the facilities, whether we use them or not. I do not play softball, but I am delighted that those facilities are being well-maintained so that they can be fully-enjoyed"
So I really don't understand why those who won't use an indoor pool are reluctant to help pay for it. We are a community here, so we must expect to pay communal expenses.
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A common sense post...how refreshing.
I have neighbors who don't even have a golf cart, but they aren't whining about paying for the upkeep of the MMP's. Or maybe we should set up toll booths and make only those using the cart paths pay?
I don't play softball either, so should I have to pay for the upkeep of those first class facilities? Why can't they do with less fancy ball diamonds? And then there's the Polo Grounds.....
I prefer permanent landscaping and could do without the flowers planted twice (more?) a year at the end of the medians on some main roads...so should I be able to opt out of paying for those flowers to be planted?
In other words...where does it stop?
It's analogous to the fact, that we don't get to direct where our personal tax dollars are spent either.
And for those who don't have kids, but whose taxes go toward supporting schools/education...that's a thread all its own.
