East Tennessee Mayor railroads vote against citizens wishes.
Kingsport, Tennessee has decided to build a new aquatic center at Meadowview and to co-locate with the YMCA.
The very vocal concerns expressed by local citizens over the location of the aquatic have fallen upon deaf ears by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The citizens are calling for a petition to stop the aquatic center and voting the current BMA out of office. Never before have I seen Kingsport citizens more angry.
I have not written a post of this issue before, but privately, I felt that the BMA would vote to place the aquatic center in the Meadowview area. It appears that certain members of the BMA had decided to railroad this issue to a vote. The very short two day notice of a public meeting was a good indication to me that the BMA wanted to push the aquatic center. Giving the public two days notice of a public meeting to me is not ample notice for an aquatic center that has been in the works a long time.
I would like to add that Alderman Shull, Alderman Marsh, and Vice Mayor Mallicote voted against putting the aquatic center in the Meadowview area.
Also, it appears that the City of Kingsport does not care about other small businesses by competing with them. Giving the YMCA the aquatic center to operate and who is not paying for the center, gives the YMCA an advantage over other firms who provide a similar service.
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