Parks & Rec

Kevin asks the right questions following the publication of this article in today's Herald Sun.

Seems that a dispute is arising among several Council members over adding a few million bucks (OK, close to 12 million) in additional capital expenditures to put a new swimming pool in the Walltown Rec center, and perhaps buy the Duke Diet and Fitness Center on Trinity to turn into another rec center.

It's times like this that you have to scratch your head and ask, why are we writing master plans when we ignore them at the next opportunity? Why do we plan sidewalk and bike plans, or greenway plans, or park plans, only to discard them at the next opportunity? Why do we build facilities that overlap each others' services, even as other neighborhoods in Durham lack local options for services?

Wish i knew the answers.