USING AN UNUSUAL APPROACH TO
SPENDING...COMMON SENSE !
What do we about the Liberty Center
bocce courts?
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They sit idle for years, no one
cares, but now...WE MUST ACT ???
We at Anthem Opinions, try to remain
on the sidelines as much as possible when it comes to local politics in Sun City
Anthem; we even refused ALL requests from Board candidates in the previous
election to hype their candidacy; but lately, there seems to be some form of
"quest" to drop more and more of our bucks in areas,
that affect few people.
Why
?
Too much left
over and need to spend them in order to avoid a tax problem...AGAIN ????
Recently we were confronted by mass
hysteria over a Pet Park.
OK, I love dogs, but when you have
one that is approximately 2.4 miles from Anthem
Center that is free in Anthem Highlands and takes
about 6 minutes to get there from that
location...
...then you hear utter NONSENSE from some who believe "our
dogs need a private play pen in order to congregate with one
another"...
Well... one has to sit back
and say....GIMME A BREAK
!
So, elsewhere on the other
community blogs, while they may be seeking out solutions for "amusement", a good starting point in any direction should involve a very basic concept....
BEING
REALISTIC !
On one, I did notice that a modest
289 people completed a survey about what to do with
the bocce courts at Liberty Center; and approximately 67% of those respondents stated a preference for a miniature golf course.
So...back to the original
thought....BEING REALISTIC
!
That 67% is 194
people...that's all, a mere 2.7% of
homes...
...and that figure is actually inflated if more than one person in
THE SAME HOME on a different computer, responded.
2.7%.....not very many, that's for
sure.
Now, I haven't a clue as to how much
something like that would cost. but anything short of $100,000-$200,000 would
surprise me.
You would have to tear up the old
courts, redesign them, decorate them, and install some form of astro turf for the
18 holes. You would need putters and balls, and oh yes, the most important
element....the REALISTIC
element...
PEOPLE.
I've read some of the comments from
people wanting this as a mini-golf "playground" for their grandchildren. but
here's the part that I'd like to question those who believe a miniature golf
course would be the ideal solution in their minds.
When would those
kids come here? The summer...after the school
year...in June, July, or August, when IT'S somewhere around 105-110 degrees in
the shade?
Is grandma or grandpa going to go
out with the kiddies IN THAT HEAT, and watch them take an hour or two to play
miniature golf?
Or do they expect Sun City Anthem to
also supply them with a private air conditioned area or "misters"
???
Who are we kidding
?
AIN'T GONNA
HAPPEN !!!
Do those courts need SOME kind of
alteration as a result of our former leaders who allowed it to be built in a way
that was so UNUSABLE ?
Of course....but how about doing it
with SENIORS in mind....
...at a COST
that would probably be almost nil....
Lay a little concrete...then...
PAINT SOME
STRIPES on the existing courts, in the shape of a SHUFFLEBOARD
court.
Buy the necessary shuffleboard pucks
and sticks, and have it checked out at Liberty Center with the
monitor.
My guess is that very few people
would still use them, no matter what time of year, but it would accomplish one
important mission...
...it would make the current status
PRESENTABLE, and those searching out residential housing....in a senior
community....with a shuffleboard court in their view, would be a lot more
appropriate than an empty mini-golf course, or one filled with
kids.
We've also been "snowed" by one blogger that it would be essentially
FREE...with funds taken from the "Asset Enhancement Fund" or "New Members Fee"
or whatever they prefer to call it.
Got some news...IT AIN'T FREE.
It amounts to .33% of the SALES
PRICE of a home when you sell it, a fee that for some of you out there who may
not familiar with it, is in your CCR's that not more than a handful of HOA's
charge, a charge that IS A SELLER's FEE, on top
of any applicable REAL ESTATE FEE...though the blogger will present it as
"negotiable" between the parties.
...a fee
that SOME PAY, and others, DON'T...because of
the original owners back in '99 voting to EXEMPT themselves from
it.
That "transfer" fee, even though to
call it a "transfer fee" is ILLEGAL in Nevada...
...but due to calling it another
name, IS LEGAL...please don't ask me why....
... is YOUR MONEY, no matter how
anyone wants to portray it. It's just a matter of WHEN it
is going to COST you.
But back to the area of the bocce
courts.
The real
question is DO YOU WANT TO DROP A BUNDLE on something that won't be used
?
That's how this should be viewed,
not the senior cry of "I want it, I have to have it, but I
also want everyone else to pay for it"
Dick
Arendt
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