Cañon City voted to build a new swimming pool, but not to fund it
By Sue McMillin | The Colorado Sun
When voters delivered a mixed decision on building a new pool in town, they created a dilemma: build it without the assurance of having the money to operate it or walk away from the project despite voters’ approval of the sales tax and debt to build it.
There’s a hedge-your-bets option as well, which would slow the construction process so the district could go back to voters again to ask for funds to operate the pool before significant debt is incurred building it.
The only option without financial risk is to bag the project.
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