doctortaxx
Joined: 08/29/2008
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Occupation: Independent Contractor
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Republican. Active voter. Avid reader of local, national, and world news.

Recent Comments by doctortaxx
Real workout: County’s new fitness program drawing criticism
08/30/2008 11:38:12 AM
toosavoter...thank you for mentioning the obvious! This wellness program is not receiving criticism because it is a bad idea. It is receiving criticism because of the way it was developed and implemented. No competitive bid was requested from any of the fitness centers in all of Walker County(Flintstone Fitness, LaFayette Fitness, Chickamauga & LaFayette Curves, City Club). Contact with each owner of these fitness centers proves that no one from the Commissioner's office ever contacted or visited any of these clubs for bid. Additionally, service employees were not asked whether they wanted to join a fitness center, were currently a member of a fitness center nor asked where they would want to go if they had a choice.

This is something to think about: $3,900 per month is being paid out of taxpayers dollars to send employees to workout. In passing conversation with SEVERAL of these employees, it has been stated that either they are satisfied with there current center or they have no intention of working out in a fascility because they a)don't have time b) are not interested or c)they work out at home. Consider the number of employees that will actually be using this program 90 days from now. These reasons alone support the fact that this wellness program was not thought out. Now the price of $9.75 per person rises as employees admit they will not use the offer, lose interest in the program, and/or decide they want to make their own decisions as to where they spend their time. How much will each membership actually be costing the taxpayers in, lets say, February 2009? Does anybody really think 400 people will (100%) be taking advantage of this offer? Bebe's idea was an honorable one, yet the flaws of such plan are obvious.