Kansas City Star Hypes Unlikely West Side Jarboe Park Pool Rebuild Ahead Of Election

Reality check . . . Our council dude & mayor ignored the issue and ahead of election . . . A litany of promises should be taken with a grain of salt.

Still . . . Here's the newspaper helping to run more 12th & Oak propaganda . . .

Jarboe Park pool on Kansas City’s West Side is not worth the nearly $1 million price tag it would take to restore it, city officials told us. The hard truth: Years of deferred maintenance mean the dilapidated pool near 17th and Summit streets cannot be fixed.

And that is a sobering reality for residents who organized and fought for years to save the their community’s place to swim outdoors.

Could a new $3 million aquatics center replace the shuttered facility? Yes, the possibility exists. More details could be available within a week, according to the city officials we spoke with.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Jarboe Park pool on KC's West Side is too far gone to save. So let's build a new one | Opinion

In its current condition, Jarboe Park pool on Kansas City's West Side is not worth the nearly $1 million price tag it would take to restore it, city officials told us. The hard truth: Years of deferred maintenance mean the dilapidated pool near 17th and Summit streets cannot be fixed.