Fingers continue to be pointed in all directions in the debacle that is slowly sinking The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley.
You might have noticed the swim club has been in the news recently after their decision to revoke a deal they had with a kids’ camp to use their facilities.
One visit from the Creative Kids camp was all some of the folks at the club needed to see. They were informed they could not return and were given their money back. Then the swim club president mentioned something about the kids changing the “complexion” of the facility.
Then, of course, all hell broke loose.
Here’s the latest. The Valley Club has apologized and invited the campers to come back.
No thanks, was the response. See you in court.
The day camp has indicated they will seek legal action against the camp, while saying that parents had rejected the offer to return to the swim club.
This morning I received an e-mail from woman who sees someone else at fault in all this. I’ll admit it’s someone I had not considered.
She believes part of the fault for all this lies at the feet of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
And why is that, you might ask? I know I did. The woman argues it’s because of Nutter’s decision to close some city pools, forcing camps such as Creative Steps to find alternative pools.
I’m not sure I’m buying her argument. Nutter was faced with monumental budget problems. And the mayor’s decision really had nothing to do with the essence of the problem that arose at The Valley Club, that being exactly why the kids from Creative Steps were told they could not come back.
But she did offer another suggestion I would concur with. She wants all swim clubs, in Delaware County and elsewhere, to “open the doors and the pools and allow people who need to swim to come.”
You might call it getting in the swim of things.
You might have noticed the swim club has been in the news recently after their decision to revoke a deal they had with a kids’ camp to use their facilities.
One visit from the Creative Kids camp was all some of the folks at the club needed to see. They were informed they could not return and were given their money back. Then the swim club president mentioned something about the kids changing the “complexion” of the facility.
Then, of course, all hell broke loose.
Here’s the latest. The Valley Club has apologized and invited the campers to come back.
No thanks, was the response. See you in court.
The day camp has indicated they will seek legal action against the camp, while saying that parents had rejected the offer to return to the swim club.
This morning I received an e-mail from woman who sees someone else at fault in all this. I’ll admit it’s someone I had not considered.
She believes part of the fault for all this lies at the feet of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
And why is that, you might ask? I know I did. The woman argues it’s because of Nutter’s decision to close some city pools, forcing camps such as Creative Steps to find alternative pools.
I’m not sure I’m buying her argument. Nutter was faced with monumental budget problems. And the mayor’s decision really had nothing to do with the essence of the problem that arose at The Valley Club, that being exactly why the kids from Creative Steps were told they could not come back.
But she did offer another suggestion I would concur with. She wants all swim clubs, in Delaware County and elsewhere, to “open the doors and the pools and allow people who need to swim to come.”
You might call it getting in the swim of things.
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