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
Parents
Former Member
Mrs. Duggan,
Mr. Mandrake has raised a couple of a valid points. Kerry should privatize. I'm sure that most of his team would follow, even with a modest increase in dues. He can still receive medical benefits, however, he will need to pay for it.
Instead of a pie in the sky idea of building a new facility, perhaps the effort should be in relocating.
Yes an ethics investigation is possible, depending on how pissed off you make the Mayor. I hope that WCM's books and Kerry's records are in order. I saw this as a problem when you first mentioned it. Politics can get ugly and vindivctive.
Name calling ego bloated humans has no positive effect. They are used to it. It doesn't help your case.
Kerry has served the city and community well for three decades. Maybe now is the time for him to move on and make some money off of masters swimming.
Mrs. Duggan,
Mr. Mandrake has raised a couple of a valid points. Kerry should privatize. I'm sure that most of his team would follow, even with a modest increase in dues. He can still receive medical benefits, however, he will need to pay for it.
Instead of a pie in the sky idea of building a new facility, perhaps the effort should be in relocating.
Yes an ethics investigation is possible, depending on how pissed off you make the Mayor. I hope that WCM's books and Kerry's records are in order. I saw this as a problem when you first mentioned it. Politics can get ugly and vindivctive.
Name calling ego bloated humans has no positive effect. They are used to it. It doesn't help your case.
Kerry has served the city and community well for three decades. Maybe now is the time for him to move on and make some money off of masters swimming.
