WHAT A WASTE!!!!
RIGHT NOW IT'S 95 DEGREES. & the pool area is sparse in attendance!!!! School's out and its the 3rd day of a 100 plus heat wave.......shell game!

How many borough employees? How much did it really cost us? How much has already been collected in fees?

perfect example of waste as stated above and how few use it. how much is this going to cost the town when the season ends income as to expense. all this talk about change at election time but no one has the guts to make change and say here is where we are at and sorry the money is needed else where this year. thank you for the over 2 per cent tax increase which thanks to that a few can use the pool today while others work so they can pay that tax bill that never goes lower. N J and you WHERE YOU CAN NOT STOP WORKING AND ENJOY YOUR GOLDEN YEARS AND BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR HOME!.

Com'on in the water's fine! KWITCHERBELLIEACKEN pay the fee and enjoy it.

double dip twinkie, tommy p, n lenny- maybe youd be in a better mood if you went for a nice swim on this beautiful instead of sitting on your computer all day... bet the three of you are a bunch of 50+, overwieght, grouches. prob dont like pools cause youd have to take your shirts off

Zak, Please find out exactly how many BOROUGH RESIDENTS attend also. The fact that the pool has been made available to so many towns bt the politicians tells me that FAIR LAWN RESIDENTS are footing the bill here, and this is losing money every year! Why the need to open to the pool for out of town residents if we were at capacity? Because its a loss! Public Safety over election time gimmicks!

@maybe, perhaps i have a right to question irresponsible spending when it's proven by lack of use right before our very eyes

Also, Maybe i would join if there was a nudist section

I don't think usage was all that high last year. The truth is in the numbers. Note to DD Twinkie, I thought it was already partially nudist. Lots of skins,flaps and sacks parading around.

Biggest waste is by all these complainers, wasting the opportunity to spend some time cooling off for a great price, less then one or two trips to the Jersey Shore. With out the hassle of the crowds or Parkway traffic.

Mushroom how does it become the responsibility of the taxpayer to underwrite YOUR lame substitute for a trip to the Shore?
The cost to the taxpayer does not balance out with the plain lack of use. I never said the pool wasnt nice or that i think its expensive to the membership, its about the exhorbatant cost to the taxoayers.if this thing was financially sound then why are many other towns offered membership? Answer: very low participants from fair lawn equals negative in the budget lines so the hope is to break even ...WAKE UP!

Mushroom has been ingesting too many of the magical ones. The DD twinkie is correct. Although, the mayor would be fine slipping in as memorial's Snooki.

I think in these hard economic times 185 for a family and 85 for a single pass is a little high. maybe if the prices were lower, more people would join. Me, personally, I purchased a pass and the pool is great. I would never want to see them get rid of the pool, especially the sand. The kids laying down there in the sand and its easier for a family to go there, rather then spend so much money on gas going down the shore for the day. I dont understand the people on here who have to hate. If you dont use the pool, fine....dont knock it. Mostly every town has a pool and so should Fair Lawn

maybe
I work a full time job do not spend all day on the coumpter am over 60 but in good physical condition but while you the pool we are down in police numbers roads that could be paved our not crime is up people are out of work trying to feed their familys pay taxes keep their homes but you enjoy that pool for how many days and at what cost to all taxpayers. you want it pay the full boat no problem.

If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. If you don't like the way the town is run, I can sum it up in two words: MOVE AWAY! The real residents don't want you here!

I was at the pool this afternoon. It was getting plenty of use while I was there.

Went there yesterday ~11am - sand was hot - water nice temperature. Not too crowded - but lots of people registering...

Marty, FLemp is just protecting his coveted municipal job..you know, the one you get after wasting 4 years in FLHS and then realizing paying attention would have made for a career

I am signing up my family next week- school just got out on Thursday - and the weather wasn't that great on Friday. Guarantee it will be packed next few weeks - especially when the camps start up. My kids and their friends love the pool - glad they were able to fix it up.

Flres- #1 i am not an employee, #2 I did not go to flhs. I'm just tired of the complete MORONS who complain about everything in town, and have no idea what they are talking about. If it was up to them, the children of this town would have nothing to do or nowhere to go and who knows what that would lead to.

@ FLemp, So you gave nothing to do with the town but feel it necessary to direct those that do. Sounds like YOU haven't a clue but wish to put 2 cents in

SECONDLY, how is it that the taxpayer should bear the cost of entertainment of children that hail from un involved families? There are plenty of programs in town for kids of all ages. Sounds like your one of those people that wants everyone else to raise your children

Please, FLres, name these numerous programs in town. Are you referring to the ones at the library? I see plenty of close the library statements on the patch. Are you talking about the rec programs? Plenty of statements that we should end those, too. The pool is part of parks and recreation, as the town pool should be. It is available to all residents to use and enjoy. Should we close the parks along with the pool? There are many ammenities that I choose not to utilize in town but it does not bother me that they exist. They are the programs that make a community a community and a desireable place to live.

The way people talk on the patch Fair Lawn should close everything that makes a community desireable to families. A town that does not encourage families to move in a town that will die. It is not about wanting everyone else to raise their children. It is about the reality that it does take a village. Being part of the community limits the childrens ability to cause mischief because when everyone is looking out for each other the kids know that whatever they do will get back to their parents.

Bravo 98!
To Flres: it is my 1st amendment right to speak my mind. To use Mr. Cone's analogy, maybe you were raised in a gustapo state. I do not expect anyone else to raise my kids but me, but I would like them to enjoy the town they live in and maybe have it be better when I'm gone. How did you raise your kids? Chained in the basement?

I can’t believe that the Town Council is thinking of spending over a million dollars for a bath house, bathrooms and snack bar on the other side of the pool and park, away from the deep end of the pool and the picnic area. Something stinks. Remember the recreation center? First 500,000 for an addition, then it went to a 1.5 million dollar project, then to a 9 million dollar project, and the final cost, nearly 13 million dollars and it is called a Community Center. How much money does the town waist with the 13 million dollar Community Center. Thank you Councilman Mr. Cosgrove. Does the council have some other agenda that will end up costing the tax payers more money? I too love the pool, but there was nothing wrong with the trailers we used for over 10 years. The problem is when the flood came the town was not able to move them. What is going on here? Look around people, several streets need repair, business are closing and leaving the town and what is the council doing, spending millions for a pool that is used 10 weeks a year?

not to worry. once the Democrats retake control after the next election, everything will be better. Cosgrove almost got beat out by a teenager from out of town for goodness sakes. No republican stands a chance next election.

This is what it costs to live and be part of a great community. If you want a town with a different culture (one that does not have a pool, library, good schools, parks etc...) then you should think of moving to a place that places no value on its citizens or quality of life. Stop complaining and run for office or move.

Yes Dorothy we cant wait to go back to a party that shoved the Wreck Center deep into the anal canals of all taxpayers .or allowed the PD to crumble, or canceled flood insurance in a flood zone or fired a manager bringing the roof down
upon them or played zero tax imcrease so we are fimacialy strapped as a municipality( ate up the surplus) ...yea, thats just a taste..not to worry? O H I say tun like Godzilla is coming! !!!!

FLemp if you truly do not know what programs exiat then YOU are a fake, phony and a fraud!

Rooney i guess you forgot YOUR section of the Community keeps a closed membership AND jist sold out the rest of Fair Lawn with that proposed mess on Daily Field

Flres: pot calling the kettle black?

To Tom p : you are the prime example of fake resident!

No, Tommy P. I am not in favor of the landmark development or the other ones happening 208. I think they will overburden this town with traffic and have a negative effect on quality of life in the town.

As for your other questions: why not the cigar room? Smoking is not healthy which is the antithesis of parks and recreation. pole dancing? Are we talking a pole dancing class offered by parks and recreation? Sure, it is great exercise. gun range? I have no issue with a well planned place for people to practice shooting. paint ball? bowling? Heck any other entertainment? It would really depend on the entertainment. If it falls under a recreation that promotes outdoor activity and health and the budget supports it-then have at it.

this is what i dont understand about people who complain about the pool:
i grew up in fair lawn, so did my father, and so did my grandmother. all of us spent our youth enjoying memorial pool, the public library, and other programs the town offered.
after college i could not afford to live in FL so i rented a modest house in a town that did not provide me with services like a pool or great public library.
after having two children, getting married and after years of hardwork i was able to purchase a house in fair lawn. i pay more taxes than i used to but now my children can grow up in a special town that offers great services and constructive activities. my grandma also still lives here and stays active/ healthy through FL's programs.

fair lawn has ALWAYS used tax payer money to support the pool, library, and other services. if you dont like it there are plenty of towns that do not off these services and you are free to move there. if you moved to fair lawn or remained in fair lawn and expected the borough to stop supporting the pool/ library even though no past history shows that happening- then you are not the sharpest tool in the box.
i like many other residents chose fair lawn because of these services. people chosing to pay additional taxes to live in a town that has ALWAYS provided these services makes a lot more sense then chosing to live in a town and then complain about the services they have ALWAYS provided

Yes, Tommy, I am okay with the tax dollars collected for the parks and recreation department being used for parks and recreation programs. If I did not want these amenities I would not have moved here. I enjoy living in a community. If I wanted to live in every man for himself paradise I would move somewhere where these amenities are not available.

As for all sports, I can't speak to that as I do not know enough about it. I do know that the summer swim team is a rec program not an all sports program.

I suppose all those people that want the pool closed can move to Glen Rock, or Hawthorne, or Ridgewood, or Paramus...oh wait,,all those towns have municipal pools too. Better yet, they shouldn't have moved to Fair Lawn to begin with, since the pool was already here.

I only regret the town still does not allow for resident day passes. I know many people who do not join because of the price, but would certainly go a few times at a day rate. I think the town is losing out on revenue.

I'd like to see that too.

I don’t think the issue is spending tax dollars on Memorial Pool, Parks, Recreational Center, and the Library. I think it is more the poor decisions the council makes spending the tax money. The Council was told years ago by the town finance officer that financially the Community Center will cost a lot of money to run. The Council then decided to create a nonprofit and obtained a 13 million dollar loan from the county at twice the interest rate. All this was done behind the backs of the residents. I will bet they do the same thing with Memorial Pool.