Also, back to the other post, is a swimming pool necessary for a city? Is a library necessary? Is it (not all cities have one)? Is a biking trail necessary or a convention center needed? Why not just hold events at the high school gym, auditorium or just a big vacant building?

There's plenty of fluff we pay that are convenient and pleasureable but not necessary to operate. I agree the spirit of it gets lost in the mix but we pay for plenty that downright isn't needed.