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ReplyDeleteCould you please give me the routing number and checking account number for the Saline County Treasurer? I would like to just have my paychecks direct deposited to their account. I'll collect welfare and food stamps to live on.
ReplyDeletePaving, new school and swimming pool. Just let me choose the direct deposit option please.
Relax, Anonymous. You'll be OK. It's an online poll -- you know, for fun. If you oppose the idea of a pool, your side is winning. Smile and go about your day.
ReplyDeleteIf you have a poll topic that you would like us to consider, send your ideas to Dorchester.Times@gmail.com
Dorchester doesn't NEED a pool but it would be nice to have one. Unlike a school or paved strets, a pool would pay for itself by charing $2 daily fees or $50 family season passes. Highly unlikely that a pool would drive any one to welfare.......more whiners at work
ReplyDeleteI'm not whining, but come on. First we start with the paving, then a new school, now a swimming pool. And before you say a swimming pool would pay for itself, maybe you should do some basic math and don't forget the liability insurance, cost of chemicals, basic maintenance, lifeguard payroll--the $2.00 per day per person isn't going to cover those things, let alone pay for building the pool.
ReplyDeleteSure I would love to have paved streets, a new school and paving, but why stop there?? I want a new city hall. I want to add to the fire department. I want to build a new library. I want an underground sprinkler system in the park. I want to build a new concession stand at the ball fields. I want new bleachers for the ball fields. I want landscaping and new lights in our downtown area. I want new Christmas decorations. I want new Dorchester flags and poles downtown. I want...I want...I want.
The facts are that there is not enough of our tax dollars to go around and if you talk to 100 people, you're going to get 100 different answers to what is important to them. And, while it may not make a difference to YOU if your tax obligations go up, let me tell ya, to A LOT of people it does matter and even a few dollars a year will matter to a lot of people.
This is the same thing that has gone on for YEARS in this town. Everyone sits around and talks things to death. Now they just have a more public way of doing it.
We agree with the aforementioned points. Thank you to the anonymous reader for well-reasoned, civil comments.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, if we were to vote, we would cast our collective one vote against a new pool. Priorities must come first, we believe. Remember: Just because we raise the question doesn't mean all of us at the Times are advocates for a particular project.
You would think someone is already out digging a hole for a pool. Relax! It's just a POLL!
ReplyDeleteHowever, my co-worker made a good point...we'd better pave the streets before we even think about getting a pool, otherwise all we'll have is a mudhole.
I don't see any letter to the editor from where I'm standing. If you pull it after a few days, you need to say so, or leave it until you post a new one.
ReplyDeleteBrentski:
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion. We stated that we would leave letters-to-the-editor posted for at least three days. And we have kept all the letters we've received on the site for at least five days.
At your urging, we will agree to keeping letters posted for up to 10 days. However, we do not want to allow old letters to be permanent fixtures on the Web site.
So, for you Brentski, our new policy is that if no new letter is received within 10 days of a prior letter, the letter-to-the-editor section will be pulled until a new letter is received.