Re: Pool Finances

["Sam and Debbie Duncan" <sduncan@turbonet.com>]

Therein lies the problem. The DN is not out to report the news, but to make
the news ,vastly different goals. If you watch the headlines they almost
always try to be inflammatory ( the result of the editorial board) while
the actual story written by the reporter is more than  likely an  accurate
reflection of the event or process. They are counting on you not having
time to read the whole story, just the headlines.
Sam Duncan

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> From: Dan Schmidt <schmidt6@turbonet.com>
> To: krehbiel@moscow.com
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: Pool Finances
> Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:18 AM
> 
>  I agree, both with this statement and your previous comment. And I agree
> that responsible public examination of the budget details is valuable.
But
> most of us just read the headline or sound bite. My comment was an
attempt
> to emphasize the community perspective of a potential Daily News
> headline"Pool Loses Money in First Year of Operation"....I guess I was
> guilty of expecting the worst when I truly don't know the fiscal bottom
> line, or the DN bent on spinning the report or the community's take on
the
> true value of such a public work. As you may have noticed, some did
> remember being "promised" a revenue generating facility. And, as was
> pointed out revenue was a part of the discussion regarding choice, size
> etc. I want to emphasize revenue should not be the only criteria used to
> evaluate a public work. Thanks for your thoughts. 
> Dan J Schmidt   Moscow, Idaho
>  At 07:38 PM 9/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >My original comment was really an attempt at gaining information.  I
> >think we need to evaluate the finances of all of our public facilities
> >in order to operate them in a responsible manner.  We, as tax paying
> >citizen, have the opportunity to comment on all government budgeting and
> >spending.  I would like to know that an Air Force toilet ($1200) doesn't
> >go into city hall.  The debate about the cost/benefits of the pool is
> >somewhat hampered when we don't know the costs.
> >
> >From my perspective, if the pool "lost" a lot of money, we should hold
> >the managers to the task of being more responsible with our money.  If
> >the pool "made" money, a review of entrance fees is in order and we
> >should hold the managers to the task of being responsible with our other
> >money.
> >
> >
> >
> >