Being from a small town in SWW, all I gotta say is "good luck." You'll need it.

Little towns like that are run by the 'born & raised.' In the town I grew up in, trying to shake up the local political establishment got people fired, houses vandalized, phone harassment, and their kids beat up at school. One guy they even had The Chronicle run a background check on him and publish it as a story.
Little towns get pretty tight-assed when it comes to 'newcomers*' trying to change things.

Not saying that'll happen, just hope it doesn't.

If Elma does put in a public pool, it'll put you guys way ahead of Olympia, where children have to play in a public fountain like some kind of 3rd world village in a Banana Republic somewhere.





*By newcomer, I mean anyone not born there. You can live there 50 years, and still be a 'newcomer,' especially if you didn't grow up there.