Monday, March 09, 2009
Letter: Conduct Cost/Benefit on Nature Center
Steve,
It seems to me that the decision whether to preserve Gulf Branch Nature Center should be based on a cost-benefit analysis of the number of countywide visitors relative to the overall costs, including salaries, maintenance, utilities, supplies, etc., of the facility.
The interested pleading of the Center's immediate neighbours cannot be a valid criterion, since validating them would mean that everyone in Arlington would also deserve a nature center in their neighborhood. (This holds for those who also wish to maintain the services of Westover and other branch libraries.) These considerations are especially important during the current budget crisis.
Ken Moskowitz
Ashton Heights
Labels: budget, gbnc, gulf branch nature center, nature
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