Fees are scheduled to rise sharply from $150/year to over triple the amount to $495/year for a single membership
Elings, seemingly disinterested in managing the facility has turned the courts over to new FOR PROFIT management. They will receive half of all of our fees and so far they have done little to improve the courts or programs in any significant way.
The current membership feels that this amounts to a privatization of public courts.
We want the City of Santa Barbara to schedule a City Council Meeting to review the best management practices for the courts to maintain the spirit of the lease.
LOW COST, PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR PUBLIC PARK FACILITIES.
We feel a non profit management group, which we are offering to the park, is the best way to manage the facility in absence of City management.
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION STOP THE EROSION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC OWNED FACILITIES!
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Reached 250 supporters
October 14, 2012
October 13, 2012
I spent countless hours on these courts with my daughter and watching them be sold off for profit breaks my heart. We are getting very near our goal of two hundred fifty names and I need you to push this link to your neighbors right now. We must have this momentum before we walk into the city offices.
Reached 100 supporters
September 30, 2012
September 29, 2012
I spent countless hours on these courts with my kids and seeing them disappear behind a paywall breaks my heart. We are almost at one hundred signatures so please text this link to three people who believe these courts belong to us.
10 Comments
keep it local and keep it affordable for everyone.
Ridiculous price hike. This is supposed to be a public park not a country club.
so tired of everything in santa barbara becoming too expensive for regular families.
my kids play here every weekend and we cant afford these new rates. fix this city council.
the upkeep has been terrible lately even with the fees going up. dont let them do this.
Hidden and unfair practice by Parks and Rec. Return the Courts to the Public.
Hidden and unfair practice by Parks and Rec. Return the Courts to the Public.
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Fees are scheduled to rise sharply from $150/year to over triple the amount to $495/year for a single membership
Elings, seemingly disinterested in managing the facility has turned the courts over to new FOR PROFIT management. They will receive half of all of our fees and so far they have done little to improve the courts or programs in any significant way.
The current membership feels that this amounts to a privatization of public courts.
We want the City of Santa Barbara to schedule a City Council Meeting to review the best management practices for the courts to maintain the spirit of the lease.
LOW COST, PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR PUBLIC PARK FACILITIES.
We feel a non profit management group, which we are offering to the park, is the best way to manage the facility in absence of City management.
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION STOP THE EROSION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC OWNED FACILITIES!
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 14, 2012
October 13, 2012
I spent countless hours on these courts with my daughter and watching them be sold off for profit breaks my heart. We are getting very near our goal of two hundred fifty names and I need you to push this link to your neighbors right now. We must have this momentum before we walk into the city offices.
Reached 100 supporters
September 30, 2012
September 29, 2012
I spent countless hours on these courts with my kids and seeing them disappear behind a paywall breaks my heart. We are almost at one hundred signatures so please text this link to three people who believe these courts belong to us.
10 Comments
HANDS OFF OUR COURTS. stop selling us out to private management.
keep it local and keep it affordable for everyone.
Ridiculous price hike. This is supposed to be a public park not a country club.
so tired of everything in santa barbara becoming too expensive for regular families.
my kids play here every weekend and we cant afford these new rates. fix this city council.
the upkeep has been terrible lately even with the fees going up. dont let them do this.
Hidden and unfair practice by Parks and Rec. Return the Courts to the Public.
Hidden and unfair practice by Parks and Rec. Return the Courts to the Public.
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HANDS OFF OUR COURTS. stop selling us out to private management.