Comment 69052

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted September 04, 2011 at 23:54:01

None of these facilities make money. They are subsidized; however, they provide for a healthier community and a higher quality of life.

Am I the only one who thinks this statement actually makes a whole lot of sense? Since when do these sorts of things ever turn a profit? It's a service, an investment, an attraction - but let's not delude ourselves into thinking it's going to be free in perpetuity.

Anyone else find it funny how, amidst all the fury aimed at public spending for something as frivolous as a velodrome, the $3 million for replacing the parking lot isn't being brought up as an option for cost-cutting or further revenues? Or is it not "theft" when the government steals our tax dollars to pay for automobile infrastructure? Frankly, I'd prefer if part of the velodrome's legacy is one less parking lot.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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