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Originally Posted by camp guy
I don't live in Moultonborough, but if a certain group of people in Moultonborough want a spacious center, then let them band together, pool their money, form a company, build the center, and anyone else who wants to partake can - by buying a membership. Let private industry solve the problem, not taxpayers dollars.
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THEY DID !
Back in the late 1990's, the Moultonborough Lions Club formed a committee to seek funding for a complete community center.
The final proposal was a fully paid for community center to be constructed on the Lions Club property. Completely paid for. The full funding was right there. Full and complete funding at no direct cost to Moultonborough property taxpayers.
All the Lion's Club asked for was for the Town of Moultonborough to take over the management and upkeep of this proposed new complete facility.
The Moultonborough Board of Selectmen at the time declined this fully funded new recreation complex stating that paying for employees, upkeep of this new building, and insurance was way too much money for the taxpayers of Moultonborough to take on.
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Not to forget the fully paid for free Olympic sized pool that was offered to the town of Moultonborough by a private citizen. That one too was shunned by the Moultonborough board of selectmen stating that the cost of maintenance and insurance was too much to ask for from the taxpayers of the town of Moultonborough.
Deja Vu all over again !