Cibiyar Wasanni ta Curtis D. Menard

Cibiyar Wasannin Tunawa da Curtis D. Menard, wacce a da ake kira Wasilla Multi-Use Sports Complex, filin wasa ne mai fadin murabba'in ƙafa 102,000 mai amfani da yawa a Wasilla, Alaska, wanda aka tsara don ɗaukar mutane har zuwa 5,000. Wurin ya ƙunshi filin wasan kankara mai girman NHL, filin wasa na wucin gadi na cikin gida, filin gudu/tafiya, ɗakunan taro na al'umma guda uku, da kuma wurin dafa abinci na kasuwanci. Gine-gine A wani kuri'ar raba gardama ta musamman da aka gudanar a watan Maris na 2002 (wanda ya ga kashi 14% na masu jefa ƙuri'a da suka yi rijista sun fito ), mazauna Wasilla sun kaɗa ƙuri'a da kashi 51.7% zuwa 48.3% don amincewa da ƙarin rabin kashi na harajin tallace-tallace don tallafawa gina wurin da dala miliyan 14.7. Wannan ƙarin haraji ya kawo harajin tallace-tallace na birnin zuwa kashi 2.5%, ƙarin kashi 25% daga ƙimar harajin tallace-tallace da aka yi a baya. Magajin gari na wancan lokacin Sarah Palin, ce ta jagoranci wannan aikin, wacce ta ci gaba da ɗaukar matakan harajin tallace-tallace kuma ta yi fafutukar gudanar da zaɓe na musamman don zaɓen raba gardama. A cikin goyon bayan ƙara haraji, Palin ta yi jayayya cewa akwai goyon bayan al'umma mai ƙarfi ga aikin kuma ta ambaci buƙatar gwamnati ta samar da kuɗi tunda kamfanoni masu zaman kansu ba su yi ba. Palin ta kuma yi jayayya cewa rukunin wasanni zai taimaka wajen rage yawan cututtukan lafiyar jama'a na birnin, kamar shan muggan kwayoyi da laifukan yara . Domin samar da kuɗaɗen ginin wasanni, a lokacin mulkin magajin garin Palin, birnin ya bayar da lamunin birni na dala miliyan 15. An jinkirta aikin sosai sakamakon wata babbar ƙara da tsohon mai filaye, Gary Lundgren, ya shigar. Bisa umarnin Palin, birnin ya fara ginawa kafin ya sami mallakar 80 acres (32 ha) na ƙasar da ta zauna a kai. Rikicin birnin kan ƙasar ya samo asali ne tun daga shekarar 1999. Birnin da Lundgren duk sun nemi siyan yankin ƙasar daga Hukumar Kula da Yanayi. A shekarar 2002, Lundgren ya sayi ƙasar daga Hukumar Kula da Yanayi a matsayin wani ɓangare na siyan babban 325 acres (132 ha) . Birnin (wanda Palin ya kasance magajin gari) ya shigar da ƙara yana da'awar mallakar wani ɓangare na ƙasar da Lundgren ya mallaka, amma kotun tarayya ta goyi bayan ikirarin mallakar Lundgren, tana yanke hukunci cewa birnin bai taɓa sanya hannu kan takaddun da ake buƙata don neman mallakar ba. Daga nan sai birnin ya fara siyan ƙasar daga Lundgren, amma aka samu takaddama kan adadin ƙasar da birnin zai mallaka. Lundgren ya yarda ya sayar da 20 acres (8.1 ha) wani fili, wanda birnin ya ga bai isa ba don shirinsa na amfani da filin don wuraren wasanni. Daga ƙarshe an sayi filin ta hanyar babban yanki, wanda ya kashe birnin dala miliyan 1.5 (ban da kuɗin shari'a na kansa). A shekarun da suka biyo bayan buɗe ginin, ginin ya sami amfani sosai amma yana aiki da gibin kuɗi. Hankalin kafofin watsa labarai A lokacin zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na Amurka na 2008 (wanda Palin ta kasance 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Republican a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban ƙasa), aikin da yanayin kuɗaɗen da gininsa ya haifar ya jawo hankalin ƙasa. Masu goyon bayan Palin sun yi wa aikin kallon babban abin da ya faru a matsayin magajin garinta, yayin da wasu kafafen yaɗa labarai na ƙasa suka ba da rahoton yin nazari sosai kan kuɗaɗen da aka kashe ta hanyar ƙara harajin tallace-tallace, farashin shari'ar da ke kewaye da shi, da kuma gaskiyar cewa yana aiki a kan gibin kuɗi. Manazarta