All in a Day's Art Work

This is original "art" by Tom McGow.

Idle hands are the devil's tools,

but maybe not idle for too much longer--He is starting a handyman service. When Loretta hires Tom, as a handyman, Tom can inform her that she probably did not know what was talked about back in 2006 regarding competitive swimming at our pool--(running back and forth from Costa Rica and all). Does Loretta really believe that we would spend one-half MILLION dollars on pool fix-ups for the hell of it or on no vision? Oh, forgot. Not sure if Tom, was living here either. He certainly was not at commission meetings. We know that the city manager was not here to listen to all the commentary regarding national meets.

Nevertheless, there are always several opinions on the direction of our beach and I don't need to provide research for an opinion. Tom has made this more than just a difference of opinion so he gets it right back.

Right now there are a few taking the "company" line on having an aquatic park. Tom took the Varela/Jennings commission line on the Singer plan that eliminates our parking in order to have bushes..."green." Tom has told us all that we can walk from the lower level up the dune to get to the beach or drop granny off at the upper level and drive back down and park. (This was Greater Bay's plan). It was a lousy plan then and it is a lousy plan today. The aquatic park is Susan Stanton's idea and she is pushing hard for it.

Will the taxpayers have a say? You know--all the adults that pay the bills? Adults and Seniors are being pushed out of most recreation in our City--why not the pool? This city is not all about Jungle Jims for Johnny and sandboxes for Suzie. Thanks to Commissioner Mulvehill and the rest of the commission, we at least got back Concerts In the Park.

Lake Lytal Pool with waterslide

Perhaps the problem is in the perception of an "aquatic park" and what features it may have and how many acres it will cover. I got an e-mail from someone who said that we should rip out our pool and build it in the south end of our beachfront. He's not a taxpayer here...lives out of state even...implied when we hired Michael Singer we lost a great opportunity to make some money...we screwed up on our design. Some people like the idea of Disney at the Lake Worth beach but many of us do not. Is our voice important?

Perhaps all Tom is talking about is nothing more than a waterslide .... something like Lake Lytal, picture above, that might be a good idea to attract more kids at our pool. Shudder to think about the liability insurance. One reason why we haven't had anyone swimming is that the pool has not been heated. The water is freezing. Maybe we will soon come up with a financial feasibility plan for our Casino build-out. There has been total silence on that and in two weeks we choose the architect.

If it is more than just a waterslide, and it is actually a water theme park (aquatic park) that they have been talking about, then you have to wonder why some people just love to spend money especially when we don't have two nickels to rub together. Obama's trickle down economy-- Borrow and pay later; file for foreclosure; become bankrupt but definitely use the other guys' chips while all you responsible people are paying for it all.

All in a day's art work.

:>)