Oh, the fun of local politics. Rink Management Services Corporation (or something like that) is locked in a death struggle with an affiliate of the San Jose Sharks over who will take over management at the Oakland Ice Center. After the City Council deadlocked at 4-4 on the issue, it requested that the mayor break the tie.
On March 1, Mayor Dellums sent this note to the City Council: (link). In other words, "I don't have time for this . . . figure it out yourselves."
While I have a slight preference that the Sharks take over because I think they are more likely to improve the physical plant/facility (and as I've written, the cost concerns are minimal), my big concern is that the rink could shut down while all this is figured out. Then we'd all lose. Current management has all but shut down already, as maintenence is lacking and the adult hockey is getting ignored more and more (and I can only imagine its the same with the other programs).
And while this goes on people at the rink, including referees who stand to lose their jobs at OIC when new management takes over, are circulating a petition to try to "fight" the coming "increase" in fees. Of course, they haven't done the research or the math to know that fees only go up for teams that insist on playing shorthanded, but why bother when it's so much more fun to be lazy and reactionary?
4 comments:
i hate to say it, but it needs to be shut down. the NHL rink is in terrible shape with all the crevices and now sand coming through the ice.
One of our guys lacerated his hand on a loose bolt in the boards on the NHL side a couple of weeks ago. Sheesh.
keep posting updates on this. I'm having trouble keeping up with the latest on this...
At the meeting on Tuesday, more of the same. The city council split on who to award the new contract to, and will meet to try again on March 20.
See: http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_5383051
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