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Re: Goes to show Posted by James [Email] (more from James) on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:44:10

In Reply to: Goes to show, Reality, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:08:45 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

idealistically, in principle, yes... though these are outdoor rinks in city parks, so charging admission to 10 year olds is kind of silly... kind of akin to having private playgrounds... the city basically subsidizes the water bill + has a guy plow some of the rinks en route while plowing other city lots etc... ie it takes advantage of existing infrastructure to obtain (in principle) efficiencies... it's very low cost... maybe a couple grand per rink per year... most of the work (aka flooding) is done by volunteers (I'm one)... hardly a "socialist" sort of social program! it's effectively user-pay (aka user-flooded), with a small cost to the city (with the side benefit to the city in rougher areas of having kids releasing their frustrations playing hockey vs illicit activity)...

one fewer snow plowing + salting per year would fund the rinks for a decade or more...

btw, the sidewalk plow went by today to salt it... nevermind it was already bare! grrrr...

James...

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Posts in this Thread:

Connecticut's inability to plow roads (a rant), Noel, Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:30:03
- Madison, WI is paralyzed by snowstorms, too, Erik919kt, Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:29:26
- Re: Connecticut's inability to plow roads (a rant), KevinM, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:27:27
  - I often wondered about, Tim, Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:16:41
- do they run their plows into parked cars like NYC?, Trev, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:48:11
  - Now the man who shot the video, Reality, Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:28:38
  - WOW! n/m, Craig, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:06:28
- Upstate NY isn't any better., THS, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:56:51
  - It depends. I've been on the Thruway and Northway when, Noel, Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:51:56
- Yes, I am mad, too (+), vvk, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:38:17
  - I'm just annoyed at incompetence, Noel, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:45:13
    - That's why pickups and SUV's are popular in those, Reality, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:37:38
- Maybe they use the smae lame brain method used here, MI-Roger , Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:42:06
  - Or this method..., Eric Law, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:35:58
- So go around next time! :), B Millar , Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:42:25
  - snow=fun, James, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:51:45
    - Re: snow=fun, Steve in CT, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:28:11
    - Goes to show, Reality, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:08:45
      - Re: Goes to show, James, Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:44:10 <-- Viewing This Message
        I thought the cost of running the rink was $25k/yr, Reality, Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:55:31
        it's about $2k/ rink spread over many rinks..., James, Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:35:54
  - Re: So go around next time! :), turbocon86, Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:44:09
  - So you had the same conditions!, Noel, Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:12:53

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