By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer
Friday, December 17, 2010
CLEARWATER — After lobbing all their arguments at City Council, tennis players still didn't get what they wanted.
A pack of players showed up at City Hall Thursday night to take issue with Clearwater's recent decision to turn off the electric lights at 24 outdoor tennis courts to save money on power bills.
These after-work tennis players think it's ridiculous that a city of Clearwater's size can't spare $20,000 to light a couple of dozen courts when working people want to use them. They asked that the lights be restored.
"Tennis is the fastest-growing traditional sport," said Judy Foster of the Suncoast Tennis Foundation, who recalled that Clearwater was named one of the 10 "best tennis towns" in America by the U.S. Tennis Association earlier this year. "That looks pretty bad now that we ...