Kay Cutts is a very fortunate lady. She has her own private swimming pool as do most of her neighbours in leafy Normanton-on-the-Wolds. The rest of us have to use the municipal pool and leisure centre.
A few years ago there was a big row about some leisure centres which are jointly funded by the County and the District Councils. It was agreed that over a period of time the responsibility would be passed to the districts and budgets were accordingly adjusted. This process should be complete by 2012. However, I have now learned that the County now want to pull out of this arrangement early i.e. next year (2010). This will leave the cash-strapped District Councils in a mess. They can't afford to pick up the tab which they haven't budgeted for. What options will they have? Probably to simply shut the leisure centres.
But hasn't everyone already got their own swimming pool?
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Perhaps we should all turn up at County Hall with our towels for a dip in Ms Cutts new fountain? That's really all us poor people deserve I reckon... and we should be grateful for that.
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