On March 8, the Herald asked the following question:
“Do you support the municipality launching a shuttle bus service to transport Crowsnest Pass residents to indoor pool facilities in neighboring communities?”
The results out of 61 people that voted 49% said Yes, 44% said No and 7% were undecided.
Shortly after the Promoter ran a very similar question except they added that one little word “PAY” would you pay for that same shuttle?
The results were out of 51 people that voted 16% said Yes, 73% said No and 11% were undecided.
It really is amazing out that one-word “PAY” changes everything.
Think about it folks, even if they come up with corporate sponsors to cover the shuttle up front how long do you think that will last, within a year the taxpayers will be paying for a service that only a very small portion of the public will use.
The message that I heard from this poll and around town is we the taxpayers of the Crowsnest Pass do not want to pay for this service.
4 comments:
who did they think was going to "PAY" .
Peter the notice of motion brought forth by Councilor Saje,referred to the costs being picked up by corporate sponsors.
Personally I think that's being overly optimistic, but then maybe there are businesses in the Pass that have lots of dollars to give away.
Maybe Walmart will sponsor it in return for allowing the swimmers/shoppers to stop at their store.
I love Walmart
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