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
Mandrake- You do a whole lot of assuming.
I know exactly what's going on. I am up in arms because a very good friend of mine, and the program he has spent 30 years building, is being summarily dismissed. This will leave him with no medical coverage. He's only 52.
We pay our dues in December. It's May and I am a very busy person. When I pay for something it's done. I wasn't aware that you needed exact numbers. If you care, I will send them to you. And no one is using the sentimental arguments you mentioned about Kerry as a tactic. Everyone is using cold, hard facts.
Sending Kerry into an ethics investigation, are you kidding? There is nothing hidden about his job to the city. They know full well that his salary is supplemented by our team. How is that a violation of ethics?
Kerry's mission is not to make money off of masters. Maybe it should be. I'm guessing you don't know him.
The city mgr. I mentioned is long gone and doing very well elsewhere. BTW, again you assume incorrectly, that the information I got about his payoff was from him, it was not. I know a lot of people who work for the city. The only thing I got from his wife and his son were that they were sad they had to leave. I remember them living in an apt as their house had already sold, and the city mgr. had to begin work in the new city. The mom and my student stayed behind to finish out the school year. A very nice family.
I am not in the habit of calling people names in public, but I make an exception in this case. I am beyond sick of politics and the toll it takes on peoples' lives. I could really care less if they get wind of it. I'm sure he's been called worse. The city manager is quite hated throughout the city and me adding my opinion isn't going to change anything. If only I had that power.
The only thing worse than messing with my family is messing with my swimming family. If I come off too strong, that's because that's how I feel.
And I won't apologize for it.
Mandrake- You do a whole lot of assuming.
I know exactly what's going on. I am up in arms because a very good friend of mine, and the program he has spent 30 years building, is being summarily dismissed. This will leave him with no medical coverage. He's only 52.
We pay our dues in December. It's May and I am a very busy person. When I pay for something it's done. I wasn't aware that you needed exact numbers. If you care, I will send them to you. And no one is using the sentimental arguments you mentioned about Kerry as a tactic. Everyone is using cold, hard facts.
Sending Kerry into an ethics investigation, are you kidding? There is nothing hidden about his job to the city. They know full well that his salary is supplemented by our team. How is that a violation of ethics?
Kerry's mission is not to make money off of masters. Maybe it should be. I'm guessing you don't know him.
The city mgr. I mentioned is long gone and doing very well elsewhere. BTW, again you assume incorrectly, that the information I got about his payoff was from him, it was not. I know a lot of people who work for the city. The only thing I got from his wife and his son were that they were sad they had to leave. I remember them living in an apt as their house had already sold, and the city mgr. had to begin work in the new city. The mom and my student stayed behind to finish out the school year. A very nice family.
I am not in the habit of calling people names in public, but I make an exception in this case. I am beyond sick of politics and the toll it takes on peoples' lives. I could really care less if they get wind of it. I'm sure he's been called worse. The city manager is quite hated throughout the city and me adding my opinion isn't going to change anything. If only I had that power.
The only thing worse than messing with my family is messing with my swimming family. If I come off too strong, that's because that's how I feel.
And I won't apologize for it.
