Left high and dry
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I have long been a critic of the Town of Warrenton's $30 million investment in the WARF (Warrenton Aquatic Recreation Facility), but since the deed was already done, I had enjoyed exercise classes at the facility.
Year to date, I have spent almost $1,000 in fees to WARF. Now I have been "expelled" from the facility.
What, you might ask, was my crime to cause expulsion?
First, I inquired if the retailer selling bathing suits at the pool had a business license in the town and was paying the required tax.
He did not have one, and no one was interested in telling me why this exception to the rule was permitted.
Second, I had (as always) refused to sign a "release" which indemnified the town from responsibility for negligence.
I am fully prepared to bear the burden of my own actions, but I don't expect to have to bring a lawsuit if the town's employees are negligent.
I expect an apology, and an offer to cover any expenses that might result.
Do you have to sign a release to walk on the town's brick sidewalks? How about riding your bike on the town's bike path? These activities are both more dangerous than the supervised exercises I was participating in at WARF.
Obviously, expenses at WARF are exceeding the income. Why alienate customers with this unreasonable demand?
Susan Feeley
Warrenton
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