{"id":1773,"date":"2010-11-29T05:06:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T12:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2010-11-29T05:11:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T12:11:11","slug":"only-abbotsford-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"Only Abbotsford City Hall &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/poster.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1774\" title=\"poster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/poster-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/poster-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/poster-1024x871.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/poster.jpg 1384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">What you should know concerning the above picture is that the times are not a special time set aside for couples or \u2018Date Night\u2019 time. The times cited are the existing times for the long established, often promoted and well advertized toonie ($2) swims; they are not any new program or promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">I have no idea what makes someone (or someones) with the city think that taking a date to the madhouse that is cheap\/toonie swim is a good idea. Although I suppose it would make your dating life considerably less expensive since you would not be faced with the expense of a second or subsequent date(s).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Having the large poster, leaflets and other advertising materials produced is not inexpensive, a cost of thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Given that toonie swims are already well promoted and advertised, and assuming anyone is so injudicious as to think a crowded cheap swim is a good idea for a date, simple mathematics tells you that the cost of this new promotion will be significantly higher than any additional revenue generated from said new promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">I suppose in light of Abbotsford City Hall\u2019s demonstrated lack of any mathematical skill and it\u2019s proclivity to spend millions of dollars in order to \u2018save\u2019 taxpayers thousands of dollars, this kind of fiscally irresponsible behaviour is not out of character.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Still \u2026\u2026 this campaign \u2026\u2026 seems more like an excuse to pay someone for a \u2018promotional campaign\u2019. Makes one wonder who was paid to prepare the advertising materials and what their relationship to city hall, city council or the Abbotsford Heat is? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>**************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Silly Season Open?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Under (sadly) the heading of more typical City behaviour I see that the lifeguards at the Abbotsford Rec Centre have been naughty and as a result will now have to bring their own personal towel to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">It seems the lifeguards were not being diligent about making sure the supplied towels were getting washed and dried I a timely or consistent fashion. Behaviour not all that surprising considering many of the instructors are teenagers or UFV students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Now I can think of several ways to \u2018encourage\u2019 or achieve compliance without the need of resorting to \u2018if you don\u2019t play the way I want I\u2019m taking my toys (towels) and going home\u2019 behaviour.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>Although, perhaps it is not all that surprising in light of numerous other examples of city staff and\/or city council behaving more like a child rather than an adult.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>**************************************************************<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/discount.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1776\" title=\"discount\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/discount-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/discount-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/discount-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/discount.jpg 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">If you examine the special deal the city is offering on the date night promotion leaflet above you will see they are offering $2 off the regular admission price on Friday night at ARC; as a result of this you pay $3.85 (5.85 \u2013 2.00) to get in on Friday under the City\u2019s \u2018special deal\u2019.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">If, instead of taking advantage of the \u2018savings\u2019 you waited until the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Friday night $2 swim started you would avoid the $1.85 cost of the City \u2018saving&#8217; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">you money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">If it were not driving the City and taxpayers into bankruptcy territory it would be blackly humorous that even the smallest monetary \u2018savings&#8217; by the city results in citizens paying more than they would have without the city \u2018saving\u2019 them money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Which is why, upon hearing words like \u201ca deal, have we got a deal for you, savings, profit, on budget, good idea, a good plan\u201d etc come out of the mouths of the mayor, city councillors or city staff, informed citizens:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">1. are filled with foreboding and thoughts of \u2018Not Again!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">2. place their hands in their pockets (purse) and take a very firm grip on their wallets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">3. say NO, loudly and firmly<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">4. urge their fellow citizens to \u201cJust say NO!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>**************************************************************<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Of course if someone at the city did have a good idea \u2013 say having recycling bins at the recreation centres so people who had no convenient way to recycle would have easy access and could recycle \u2013 someone at the city would probably come up with something that would negate the good idea. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;\">Say &#8211; <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>by putting the recycling bins behind a locked door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1778\" title=\"Bin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1779\" title=\"Bin1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bin1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you should know concerning the above picture is that the times are not a special time set aside for couples or \u2018Date Night\u2019 time. The times cited are the existing times for the long established, often promoted and well advertized toonie ($2) swims; they are not any new program or promotion. I have no idea what makes someone (or someones) with the city think that taking a date to the madhouse that is cheap\/toonie swim is a good idea. Although I suppose it would make your dating life considerably less expensive since you would not be faced with the expense of a second or subsequent date(s). Having the large poster, leaflets and other advertising materials produced is not inexpensive, a cost of thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. Given that toonie swims are already well promoted and advertised, and assuming anyone is so injudicious as to think a crowded cheap swim is a good idea for a date, simple mathematics tells you that the cost of this new promotion will be significantly higher than any additional revenue generated from said new promotion. I suppose in light of Abbotsford City Hall\u2019s demonstrated lack of any mathematical skill and it\u2019s proclivity to spend millions of dollars in order to \u2018save\u2019 taxpayers thousands of dollars, this kind of fiscally irresponsible behaviour is not out of character. Still \u2026\u2026 this campaign \u2026\u2026 seems more like an excuse to pay someone for a \u2018promotional campaign\u2019. Makes one wonder who was paid to prepare the advertising materials and what their relationship to city hall, city council or the Abbotsford Heat is? ************************************************************** Silly Season Open? Under (sadly) the heading of more typical City behaviour I see that the lifeguards at the Abbotsford Rec Centre have been naughty and as a result will now have to bring their own personal towel to work. It seems the lifeguards were not being diligent about making sure the supplied towels were getting washed and dried I a timely or consistent fashion. Behaviour not all that surprising considering many of the instructors are teenagers or UFV students. Now I can think of several ways to \u2018encourage\u2019 or achieve compliance without the need of resorting to \u2018if you don\u2019t play the way I want I\u2019m taking my toys (towels) and going home\u2019 behaviour. Although, perhaps it is not all that surprising in light of numerous other examples of city staff and\/or city council behaving more like a child rather than an adult. ************************************************************** If you examine the special deal the city is offering on the date night promotion leaflet above you will see they are offering $2 off the regular admission price on Friday night at ARC; as a result of this you pay $3.85 (5.85 \u2013 2.00) to get in on Friday under the City\u2019s \u2018special deal\u2019. If, instead of taking advantage of the \u2018savings\u2019 you waited until the Friday night $2 swim started you would avoid the $1.85 cost of the City \u2018saving&#8217; you money. If it were not driving the City and taxpayers into bankruptcy territory it would be blackly humorous that even the smallest monetary \u2018savings&#8217; by the city results in citizens paying more than they would have without the city \u2018saving\u2019 them money. Which is why, upon hearing words like \u201ca deal, have we got a deal for you, savings, profit, on budget, good idea, a good plan\u201d etc come out of the mouths of the mayor, city councillors or city staff, informed citizens: 1. are filled with foreboding and thoughts of \u2018Not Again!\u201d 2. place their hands in their pockets (purse) and take a very firm grip on their wallets. 3. say NO, loudly and firmly 4. urge their fellow citizens to \u201cJust say NO!\u201d ************************************************************** Of course if someone at the city did have a good idea \u2013 say having recycling bins at the recreation centres so people who had no convenient way to recycle would have easy access and could recycle \u2013 someone at the city would probably come up with something that would negate the good idea. Say &#8211; by putting the recycling bins behind a locked door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-municipal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Only Abbotsford City Hall ... - James W. Breckenridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1773\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Only Abbotsford City Hall ... - James W. 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Given that toonie swims are already well promoted and advertised, and assuming anyone is so injudicious as to think a crowded cheap swim is a good idea for a date, simple mathematics tells you that the cost of this new promotion will be significantly higher than any additional revenue generated from said new promotion. I suppose in light of Abbotsford City Hall\u2019s demonstrated lack of any mathematical skill and it\u2019s proclivity to spend millions of dollars in order to \u2018save\u2019 taxpayers thousands of dollars, this kind of fiscally irresponsible behaviour is not out of character. Still \u2026\u2026 this campaign \u2026\u2026 seems more like an excuse to pay someone for a \u2018promotional campaign\u2019. Makes one wonder who was paid to prepare the advertising materials and what their relationship to city hall, city council or the Abbotsford Heat is? ************************************************************** Silly Season Open? Under (sadly) the heading of more typical City behaviour I see that the lifeguards at the Abbotsford Rec Centre have been naughty and as a result will now have to bring their own personal towel to work. It seems the lifeguards were not being diligent about making sure the supplied towels were getting washed and dried I a timely or consistent fashion. Behaviour not all that surprising considering many of the instructors are teenagers or UFV students. Now I can think of several ways to \u2018encourage\u2019 or achieve compliance without the need of resorting to \u2018if you don\u2019t play the way I want I\u2019m taking my toys (towels) and going home\u2019 behaviour. Although, perhaps it is not all that surprising in light of numerous other examples of city staff and\/or city council behaving more like a child rather than an adult. ************************************************************** If you examine the special deal the city is offering on the date night promotion leaflet above you will see they are offering $2 off the regular admission price on Friday night at ARC; as a result of this you pay $3.85 (5.85 \u2013 2.00) to get in on Friday under the City\u2019s \u2018special deal\u2019. If, instead of taking advantage of the \u2018savings\u2019 you waited until the Friday night $2 swim started you would avoid the $1.85 cost of the City \u2018saving&#8217; you money. If it were not driving the City and taxpayers into bankruptcy territory it would be blackly humorous that even the smallest monetary \u2018savings&#8217; by the city results in citizens paying more than they would have without the city \u2018saving\u2019 them money. Which is why, upon hearing words like \u201ca deal, have we got a deal for you, savings, profit, on budget, good idea, a good plan\u201d etc come out of the mouths of the mayor, city councillors or city staff, informed citizens: 1. are filled with foreboding and thoughts of \u2018Not Again!\u201d 2. place their hands in their pockets (purse) and take a very firm grip on their wallets. 3. say NO, loudly and firmly 4. urge their fellow citizens to \u201cJust say NO!\u201d ************************************************************** Of course if someone at the city did have a good idea \u2013 say having recycling bins at the recreation centres so people who had no convenient way to recycle would have easy access and could recycle \u2013 someone at the city would probably come up with something that would negate the good idea. 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Having the large poster, leaflets and other advertising materials produced is not inexpensive, a cost of thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. Given that toonie swims are already well promoted and advertised, and assuming anyone is so injudicious as to think a crowded cheap swim is a good idea for a date, simple mathematics tells you that the cost of this new promotion will be significantly higher than any additional revenue generated from said new promotion. I suppose in light of Abbotsford City Hall\u2019s demonstrated lack of any mathematical skill and it\u2019s proclivity to spend millions of dollars in order to \u2018save\u2019 taxpayers thousands of dollars, this kind of fiscally irresponsible behaviour is not out of character. Still \u2026\u2026 this campaign \u2026\u2026 seems more like an excuse to pay someone for a \u2018promotional campaign\u2019. Makes one wonder who was paid to prepare the advertising materials and what their relationship to city hall, city council or the Abbotsford Heat is? ************************************************************** Silly Season Open? Under (sadly) the heading of more typical City behaviour I see that the lifeguards at the Abbotsford Rec Centre have been naughty and as a result will now have to bring their own personal towel to work. It seems the lifeguards were not being diligent about making sure the supplied towels were getting washed and dried I a timely or consistent fashion. Behaviour not all that surprising considering many of the instructors are teenagers or UFV students. Now I can think of several ways to \u2018encourage\u2019 or achieve compliance without the need of resorting to \u2018if you don\u2019t play the way I want I\u2019m taking my toys (towels) and going home\u2019 behaviour. Although, perhaps it is not all that surprising in light of numerous other examples of city staff and\/or city council behaving more like a child rather than an adult. ************************************************************** If you examine the special deal the city is offering on the date night promotion leaflet above you will see they are offering $2 off the regular admission price on Friday night at ARC; as a result of this you pay $3.85 (5.85 \u2013 2.00) to get in on Friday under the City\u2019s \u2018special deal\u2019. If, instead of taking advantage of the \u2018savings\u2019 you waited until the Friday night $2 swim started you would avoid the $1.85 cost of the City \u2018saving&#8217; you money. If it were not driving the City and taxpayers into bankruptcy territory it would be blackly humorous that even the smallest monetary \u2018savings&#8217; by the city results in citizens paying more than they would have without the city \u2018saving\u2019 them money. Which is why, upon hearing words like \u201ca deal, have we got a deal for you, savings, profit, on budget, good idea, a good plan\u201d etc come out of the mouths of the mayor, city councillors or city staff, informed citizens: 1. are filled with foreboding and thoughts of \u2018Not Again!\u201d 2. place their hands in their pockets (purse) and take a very firm grip on their wallets. 3. say NO, loudly and firmly 4. urge their fellow citizens to \u201cJust say NO!\u201d ************************************************************** Of course if someone at the city did have a good idea \u2013 say having recycling bins at the recreation centres so people who had no convenient way to recycle would have easy access and could recycle \u2013 someone at the city would probably come up with something that would negate the good idea. Say &#8211; by putting the recycling bins behind a locked door.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1773","og_site_name":"James W. 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