Thursday, October 20, 2005

Who pays to maintain athletic fields?

I noticed a connection in today's Post-Gazette story by Laura Pace about the Ward 2 Commission race. Incumbant Ty Ely is a former officer in the Mt. Lebanon Soccer Association, and challenger John Daley is quoted in the story saying that he believes users of recreational facilities should contribute money to construction and maintainance of sports fields.

As my kids have only started playing soccer, I don't know how much money groups like the Soccer Association pay for maintaining the fields, or how well the municpality spends this money, but conversations I've had with folks that are involved in the soccer program make it sound like the they are paying their fair share.

Anyone have any facts and figures to shed some light on the issue?
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1 Comments:

Blogger Joe Wertheim said...

I'm curious. Did you ever request this information from Commissioner Ely, and did you get a response? The commissioners are here to serve us, and provide this kind of information, though they are often not eager to do so.

November 04, 2005 5:17 PM  

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