Sunday, June 14, 2009

Taxing Toddlers And Robbing Senior Citizens

From County Supervisors Johnny Thomas, Marina Dimitrijevic, and John Weishan:
“Scott Walker’s knee-jerk reaction to cut County services without putting any thought into the impact of these cuts is deplorable. In this case, he is closing the Pulaski and Noyes indoor pools until Labor Day. This decision adversely affects a number of County residents, including senior citizens and children who use these pools for swimming lessons. Many of these individuals found out about the closures when they tried to attend their daily swim lessons, only to see a closed sign posted on the door.

“While the County may see a slight reduction in operating expenses at these pools, revenues will also be lost when they are not in use. Even worse, some of the affected users may not return after Labor Day, resulting in even more depressed revenues over the long term.

“The County Executive is leaving swimmers of all ages upstream. On another aquatic note, the County Executive has decided to start taxing toddlers, too. They will now have to pay $1 to use wading pools, rather than enjoy them at no charge. This is a 100% increase on our toddlers and their families.”
Also worth noting are the locations of the two indoor swimming pools that Walker wants to close. Does anyone seriously think that Walker would have even considered closing these pools if they were in Tosa and Franklin instead?

6 comments:

  1. If they had let Walker restructure the recreational water enjoyment apparatus last year - close old and run-down pools with sagging use and build the splash pads that kids adore along with the seasonal workforce, none of this would have had to occur. But no - the people that still think Milwaukee is the booming Socialist utopia it was more than 50 years ago had to show their a$$e$ and demand the status quo. How's that working out for you?

    btw - a dollar fee is pretty nominal, we had to pay 50 cents to use the local wading pool when I was a kid and that was a few decades ago.

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  2. Actually, the bigger problem is that Walker budgeted $7 million in land sales and then abolished the economic and development director position.

    You don't bring in much revenue when you fire the salesman.

    The other key point is Walker does not have the authority to create new fees.

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  3. "This is a 100% increase on our toddlers and their families.”"
    I guess, that these idiot politicians are nor worse or better than Walker. It certainly says something to their intelligence- they need special education math to figure out basic math. What a bunch of idiots.

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  4. Speaking of idiots, Dan, you do realize that you already commented on that part, right?

    But it's good to know that you're just fine with new taxes on little kids.

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