Hey Everybody-
Guess what? Our coaches positions have been eliminated by the City of Walnut Creek. This is not a joke. Of the Aquatics programs in the city, ours is the only one that operates in the black, and yet they are going to cut it.
If you could, would you shoot a brief e-mail, to the city council and let them know what a successful program this is across the country and in the world. All few hundred of us are doing what we can, but I think it's time to bring in the big guns- you.
Kerry has spent 30 years of his life building this program into what it is today, and helping many of you in the process, please help him and the program that he lives for.
The address is: mayor@walnut-creek.org
and ask them to respond to your e-mail.
Thanks,
Karen Duggan
Mr. Ninny- I don't know the exact demographics of our team. I don't have a roster with me that lists everyone's complete address. I could find out. I know in the past, that glancing down our roster, most of our team does live in WC.
We have about 440 registered swimmers. I know of about 30, personally, that do not live in WC, myself included. (My mom still lives there and is a voter). I'm sure there are more, as I don't know everybody on the team. Most of the people I don't know swim at 5:30am! And if I have to go to that workout to meet them, well, I'm sure they are nice people...
To swim for WCM, all total with pool fees and dues it is a little less than $1000/yr.
I don't think it's the mayor who doesn't care, it's the city manager. And property taxes are through the roof. I would venture to say that the average home price in WC is about $500-600K. And that is with the market crashed. My mom's home (about 2000 sq ft recently appraised at $750K). Real estate is nuts here.
And with all of the "stuff" going on in our fair state, I'm giving serious thought to moving in three years when my husband retires. I don't want to move as I was born and raised here (and love the weather, the landscape, and the people) but things are just literally crazy here. And things don't show any signs of improving anytime soon.
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Mr. Ninny- I don't know the exact demographics of our team. I don't have a roster with me that lists everyone's complete address. I could find out. I know in the past, that glancing down our roster, most of our team does live in WC.
We have about 440 registered swimmers. I know of about 30, personally, that do not live in WC, myself included. (My mom still lives there and is a voter). I'm sure there are more, as I don't know everybody on the team. Most of the people I don't know swim at 5:30am! And if I have to go to that workout to meet them, well, I'm sure they are nice people...
To swim for WCM, all total with pool fees and dues it is a little less than $1000/yr.
I don't think it's the mayor who doesn't care, it's the city manager. And property taxes are through the roof. I would venture to say that the average home price in WC is about $500-600K. And that is with the market crashed. My mom's home (about 2000 sq ft recently appraised at $750K). Real estate is nuts here.
And with all of the "stuff" going on in our fair state, I'm giving serious thought to moving in three years when my husband retires. I don't want to move as I was born and raised here (and love the weather, the landscape, and the people) but things are just literally crazy here. And things don't show any signs of improving anytime soon.
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