Comments on: Pools close as heat wave settles on city http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/08/03/pools-close-as-heat-wave-settles-on-city/ The voice of Clarksville, Tennessee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:33:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: votechange http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/08/03/pools-close-as-heat-wave-settles-on-city/comment-page-1/#comment-9811 votechange Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:32:03 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/?p=6981#comment-9811 How absurd to close the pools just when they are needed most! These pools bring relief from the brutal Tennessee heat for not only the young, but the elderly as well. They are an oasis to the people of Clarksville and should be allowed to stay open. So...WHY are they closing them?? Maybe they think that because school's are opening that the kids would be at the pool instead of school? Baloney! Many communities keep their pools open long after the school's opening with no problem. If this is their argument, however, then there are solutions. For example; 1)Open the pools from noon until 7pm 2)Allow no one under 18 yrs. in the pool til after 3:00pm. (except kids to age 5) We all need to call the city on this and tell them it is simply outrageous to close these pools right now! Maybe they will have a change of heart if enough people call! If all the people who took the Clarksville Online's poll will call, we might have a chance! How absurd to close the pools just when they are needed most!
These pools bring relief from the brutal Tennessee heat for not only the young, but the elderly as well.
They are an oasis to the people of Clarksville and should be allowed to stay open.
So…WHY are they closing them??
Maybe they think that because school’s are opening that the kids would be at the pool instead of school?
Baloney! Many communities keep their pools open long after the school’s opening with no problem.
If this is their argument, however, then there are solutions.
For example;
1)Open the pools from noon until 7pm
2)Allow no one under 18 yrs. in the pool til after 3:00pm. (except kids to age 5)

We all need to call the city on this and tell them
it is simply outrageous to close these pools right now!
Maybe they will have a change of heart if enough people call! If all the people who took the Clarksville Online’s poll will call, we might have a chance!

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