So, in reviewing our local cancer on the community, this tidbit rears it's ugly head:
Jeers: To the recession (again), which in this case has caused the closure of the water playground at Salmon Creek Regional Park and the end of summer lifeguards at Klineline Pond. With record cold and above-average rain, it’s hard to envision wanting a cool-down. But on Clark County’s hottest days the park and its pond become an urban oasis for the $3 cost of the parking fee. However, the parks department had to absorb a $1.6 million budget cut due to lower tax revenue, and the lifeguards and the “sprayground” — where the water had to be tested and chlorinated — were a place to find the money. Tough economic times require sacrifices such as this; we hope that when the recovery kicks in the services can be restored.
So, Clark County: when a kid or kids die there this summer because you made the call to keep lifeguards out of this "attractive nuisance," what are you going to do then, eh?
Just sayin'. At least one person will drown there that otherwise would have been alive because of your failure to properly manage our money.
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