$1.8 Million for the City without taxes

Gold's Gym is profitable. I've looked at our City's budget and so have some financial experts and we all see the same thing. The WVC Fitness Center lost 1.8 million dollars last year.

I'm fully supportive of the WVC Fitness Center. As a child I used to go swimming at public pools. I love rec centers. Our children learned to swim this summer at a rec center. Make no mistake, the WVC Fitness Center is a good thing which is why we voted to have it built.

My question, if Gold's Gym is profitable, what's to stop the WVC Fitness Center from becoming profitable?

The answer, only a lack of vision and dedication to make it so.

If the center we're profitable by just one dollar, our property tax increase could be cut in half. My vision for the City is to stop spending on grand projects that raise our taxes (a hotel, UTOPIA, etc.) and make what we have profitable so we can lower our property taxes and improve our services at the same time.

Let's give our city the tools to lower taxes. Look at the best companies in the world, they're all focused on being successful and that means profitable. One last thing, profitable does not mean pay cuts and layoffs.

Three steps to make the Fitness Center profitable.
1. A vision with firm faith that it can be.
2. The Fitness Center management and staff needs to "Catch this Vision."
3. Go to work with an unwavering focus and dedication to this vision.

My vision, making the WVC Fitness Center profitable by at least one dollar.

Jeff White