Late today, Councilman Rasmussen let us know that the economic crisis facing our country is putting an increasing burden on the city budget.  The Council just received new budget estimates that require additional cuts of $7-10 million, possibly more. 

For this reason, it will not be possible to fund the Comprehensive Aquatics Plan this year.

In the interest of helping the Council focus on the difficult budget process ahead, we’re ending our lobbying efforts today. 

Thank you for your flood of strong letters to the Council — your letters have given new visibility to our public pools and their needs.  Letters like yours would have succeeded in any ordinary year, but these are not ordinary times.  

We wish the Council the best of luck in balancing the budget while bringing support to those who need it in the tough times ahead.

Thanks for your support.  We’ll re-group and re-evaluate together over the next few months.