I posted this on another thread in response to refernces to this Public Facilities District.
Part of Building both Safeco Park and Quest field was the creation of public facilities districts across the state of Washington. I'm not sure of the exact RCW's but I think that it is chapter 35 or 36. (I know that there are some link geeks who can find the exact chapters plus supporting documents as to the intent of these districts.)
The original intent of these districts was for youth athletics across the state.
This was for renovating existing sports facilities, stadiums and sports fields and for the construction of new athletics facilites.
In addition to that was for facilities to support these such as parking facilities and convention areas.
The intent of these public Facilities districts was to support our major pro teams and college teams by providing more opportunity for young athletes to participate in athletics, ultimately providing more home-grown athletes for our colleges and major pro teams.
It now seems as if this intent has been lost to several of the PFD's and especially in Bellingham, where there is a scheduling challenge for practices for many youth teams, especially for girls sports has always been tight.
These moneys for these districts was not intended for museums and pet projects that take away from our young athletes. How many kids visit the children's museum vs. how many kids are invloved in sports in our county with a real challenge of finding adequate locations and room to schedule teams for practice?
In this day and age of many youth becoming overweight and unhealthy, perhaps we ought to use the money for what the State legislature originally intended it to be used?
You better laugh at yourself,
Everyone else is.
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