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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Naming Rights, Anyone?
Water Park Will Bleed Red Unless Steps Taken

Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 12:00 AM

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  • Water parks around the country losing money and closing. Cape Girardeau buiiding a water park. Anyone notice something strange here?

    -- Posted by ParkerDaws on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 6:50 AM
  • How about naming it the Irresponsible Voter Approved Municipal Money Pit. Kinda gets right to the point.

    -- Posted by stevmo on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 8:27 AM
  • That's accurate, Stevmo, but I don't see the cash-flow. We need some cash for the naming rights to help keep this facility treading financial waters.

    You know, Roto-Rooter or Dutch Plumbing might be appropriately ironic naming-rights candidates...

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 8:40 AM
  • Brad, don't knock it til' ya try it. Those lazy rivers are quite dreamy. Kind of like a float trip without the risk of branches grabbing your legs or worse scrapping your butt. ☺

    If it's anything like Farmington, they gave you stamps or bands so you could come in and out. Pack a lunch, go to the car and eat and head back in for some more fun.

    -- Posted by Turnip on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 9:06 AM
  • This thing only passed because it was paired with storm water improvements and it was on the ballot just weeks after the 13 inch rain storm. The simple solution to prevent this stupid thing from passing would be some sort of ordinance requiring two separate votes separate issues/projects like the the storm water improvements and the water park. If the water park would have been forced to stand alone, it would have failed. Everybody knows that.

    -- Posted by redhawk81 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 9:19 AM
  • redhawk81, that's a excellent observation. Perhaps you should suggest that with the current school bond issue. Many people (I feel) are against it b/c of the stadium, not so much the repairs needed for the Cape public schools.

    -- Posted by Turnip on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 10:03 AM
  • Turnip, I might change my mind and actually use this facility if they sell some adult beverages... but I don't see that happening.

    Redhawk, you've hit the nail on the head. The sales tax that is paying for this is pork-barrel just like most of the legislation that passes in Congress. While researching this topic, there was little discussion about a water park or aquatic center prior to the vote in April 2008. Instead it got lumped under a ginormous "parks improvement" umbrella.

    It's the same reason (and I have an upcoming blog on this) that I won't vote for the upcoming school bond issue.

    It's not that I'm against paying for public education. It's because they're asking for a number things that I consider unnecessary for their primary mission such as a stadium.

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 10:59 AM
  • Get with it Brad. It is tooooooo big to fail.

    -- Posted by IonU on Mon, Mar 22, 2010, at 9:24 AM