OPINION: You’re Cordially Invited: La Crosse Common Council’s ARPA Pool Party

By Andy Parrish

As I see it, I’m Andy Parrish. 

It has been five years since Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act – known as ARPA – into law. The money was meant to help families and businesses struggling through the pandemic with groceries, rent, utilities, you know, the basics of survival. 

So you might be wondering yourself why the city still has at least $90,000 of that emergency relief money sitting around. 

Well, instead of returning it or using it for its intended purpose, they’re now rushing to blow it on a neighborhood pool. ARPA was not passed to fund swimming pools five years later. It was passed as emergency relief for American families and businesses, not a blank check for local bureaucrats and their vanity projects. 

This isn’t just wasteful spending, it’s reckless. And if you want to know why your property taxes keep climbing, just look at who’s managing your money. A Common Council with an addiction to playing Santa Claus with your hard earned cash. 

As I see it, I’m Andy Parrish. 

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