Post a commentAs I said before, hate groups will step in to twist Valley Club's bankruptcy to blame Creative Steps for it. Had the Director of Creative Steps went out of her way to forgive the members of Valley Club for their behavior, this would have been seen as an extraordinary step. But she chose to hide behind the coats of the NAACP/Human Relations Commission to leave the swim club twisting in the dark. Now we know the reason why they filed under Chapter 7 was because of financial losses from declining membership over a decade.
I am sure Brian Mildenberg knew the swim club was going to file for bankruptcy, given the declining membership and increasing operating costs, but he, himself, went along with Creative Steps to humiliate the membership instead of extending a hand of reconciliation to them which would have been quickly accepted.
1) $50,000 in fines 2) tens of thousands more in legal fees 3) multiple pending lawsuits. The 150 families that make up this small PRIVATE swim club could never absorb this kind of debt. I hope the club files for bankruptcy...re-incorprates...and reopens in June. This will make me happy: Alethea won't get Creative Steps out of debt and these parents looking for a pay day won't get one nickel. Too bad for the kids though...now, as private clubs will reject such outside temp membership arrangements for fear of accusations, media circuses, and lawsuits. That's too bad as it seems unlikely Philly will have open pools this year.
Personally I would not take my kids into areas that are prone to this type of redneck behavior. People coming into the city are no more at risk from stupid behavior than people from the city venturing into redneck suburban communities.
john56 --- how ignorant to speak about racism by using a racist term.
Unbelievable. How will these poor insulted children now become millionaires? Who else can they sue?
HEY JOHNY 99 THERES AN OLD SAYING IF YOU GOT NOTHING GOOD TO SAY BE QUIET
Yo stevoo, Typing in CAPS is considered rude. Call Dell to get your keyboard fixed and Welcome To The Internet.
Ha ha. Looks like the tail just wagged the dog. Chapt 7, shed the debt and fines and this club will be back, sans invites to outside groups. Guess who lost this war...
It is a shame when a pool shuts down. The reality is seems to be to sue someone is the American way. Just go for damages, not to put the business out.
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In the end, there are no winners. Just whiners.
Another day, another shake down attempt, another business goes under.
People are unbelievable, "Guess who lost this war", "whiners" it is undeniable that race had something to do with this. It is unfortunate that the American way is to sue, but people continue to do so. However, the $50,000 awarded to the Camp will probably help these children in more ways than any of us realize...not a payday, but an opportunity. The Swim Club will likely not be sued again, reopen and be better off than before...sounds like a win, win.
Kind of a shame.. I don't support the way those kids were treated but with all the public pools closing, it'd be nice to have more private ones around. I'm still bothered more by the fact that the media made it basically impossible for the public to ever have a reliable source as to what actually happened there.
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