Security Camera Footage ...

Security Cameras at SHS captured the source of an unusual noise this week --- it was the sound of more tax dollars  being sucked out through tghe leaks that somebody forgot to fix .... when they were fixing the leaks in the pool!

Like Shooting Fish in A Barrel ... or a (still) leaky swimming pool ...

I have finally managed to laugh my way out of Writer's Block!

First, the Town proudly announced that they had cut 9% of the $30 Million cost of the proposed Public Safety Building -- by eliminating 45% of the building space!

If they cut 90% of the space would we save 18% of the cost?  

Now I understand why we need the building -- but by eliminating 100% of the space would we only save 20% of the cost!!   Would we be paying somebody $24 Million to NOT build us a building.

You have to love consultants!

Unfortunately, local government has become such a flea circus that nobody is paying attention anyway --this deal would have a better chance if they would stop "educating the public" !!  

(I do think we need a better Police/Fire station -- but I still question the cost.   I'm even more suspicious now that they have managed to reduce 45% from what they originally claimed was a "no-frills" proposal.)

The Sandwich Pool ... the gift that keeps on giving!

So, we just spent $980,000 to fix the leaks in the pool .. and it looks great!  Except for one minor issue ... IT'S STILL LEAKING!!

It gets better.  Apparently the pool has never met the State Building Code because it was never properly grounded.  And, apparently nobody noticed that until the renovation was completed.  No word on the cost of that repair yet.

Just to recap the Pool saga -- a few years back some School Committee folks were practically tarred and feathered by an angry crowd wielding swim goggles and pitchforks for pointing out:

• The Community School Accounting Reports were bogus, misleading,  and useless
• The Pool was being subsidized by the School System
• There should be a reserve for Pool maintenance
• Unknown people were allowed to wander in and get naked with high school kids

Guess what?

• The School budget funded "Lifeguard Love Shacks" to provide public changing areas,
• The Community School closed because it couldn't support the pool or its own expenses
• The Public was eventually banned during school hours for obvious security reasons
• The Pool was closed due to a lack of maintenance
• Almost $1 million was spent to fix the pool -- but it still can't open because it leaks
• Even if it didn't leak, it doesn't meet code because users could be electrocuted 

The more things change, the more they remain the same!