Sun Prairie Athletic Field Fees

sp-eye:

Thanks to school board Veep John Welke's attention to detail and investigative prowess, the public learned that the high school softball fields had been reserved ALL SUMMER LONG from 7:30 am to 8:00 PM. Talk about a monopoly.

Um...who's paying for the exclusive use of those fields? Sure the SP Little League ponied up $75,000 initially, but how far does that go?
The cost of reserving the varsity softball field for 67 days at $300/day (12 hrs/day x $25/hr)= $20,100.

Add in the JV field and that comes to $40,200 JUST for the summer of 2012.

Shouldn't SOMEONE be saying "Nay, Nay"?
We didn't receive a dime. Who's watching this? Who would have allowed one "renter" to reserve two complete fields for 12 hours or more EVERY day for 67 days this summer???? We're think that SOMEONE with some common sense should have said, "Nay, Nay".

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 20, 2012 2:12 AM
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