The agreement used property taxes collected from the County Service Area R-7A, also known as Alamo Parks and Recreation, for the program. The money now will be used for other recreation activities.
The agreement was made in 2000, shortly before the pool was built. It had Danville contributing $375,000, the county providing $250,000, a fundraising group giving $475,000 and the school district contributing $100,000 for the pool's $1.2 million construction cost.
The decision follows a January recommendation by the Alamo Municipal Advisory Council, which advises the county on local issues, to end the partnership. A jump in the county's contribution was a big factor, and council members felt the $7- to $10-per-class savings for Alamo residents was not worth what the county paid. The county's share of maintaining the program has fluctuated, at $8,200 in 2008 and $3,700 in 2009; in 2010, however, the amount was almost $28,000
The Alamo taxes plus film. After the Alamo taxes, we now go to the film The Alamo.
The Alamo is a 2004 American war movie about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson and distributed by Touchstone Pictures.
The screenplay is credited to John Lee Hancock, John Sayles, Stephen Gaghan and Leslie Bohem. In contrast to the earlier 1960 film, the 2004 film attempts to depict the political points of view of both the Mexican and Texan sides; Santa Anna is a more prominent character.
The film received mixed to negative reviews by critics and commercially became extremely unsuccessful. It is officially the second biggest box office "bomb"in cinema history.
