Yes, $50,000 for a drinking fountain is too expensive. ... That's $50,000 each for the 10 fountains originally planned for installation throughout the city of Minneapolis.

Only 24 parks now have drinking fountains. Two-year-old Denver Sturgeon takes a drink from the water fountain at Ivey Park in London on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press) ...