The powers that be in Winner, SD decided the swimming pool that has been here for years had to be demolished. They pushed a bond through so that property taxpayers will be saddled with a couple million of debt and visitors silly enough to stop here will get dinged a bed and booze tax.
I found a company that made pool liners and above ground water pickup and return for filtering circulation which with a 10 year guarantee on materials and workmanship would have cost something between $200,000 and $300,000.
Anyway, now in typical Winner fashion of trying to find somebody else to pay for the blunders and excess, the "Pool Committee" has gotten approval for a beer garden during the class reunions coming up soon. They hope to sell some booze and twist some arms of alumni in hopes of getting them to contribute to the new pool.
Since we have lived around Winner several kids have been killed in fatal vehicle crashes because of drunken driving. A beer party to raise money for an athletic and recreation facility sends a wonderful message.
Oh, and farmers and ranchers will be welcome if they donate grain or livestock in an accountant-developed scheme to have the federal government provide some tax benefits to a local boondoggle.
It is just so very, very Winnerish.
**Stay tuned, I may yet get around to showing pictures of the demolished two foot by three foot footings under the 1 foot thick concrete pool walls-- Doug Wiken






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