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The independent Fish waves a fin at nan, blows kisses to friends and enemies alike, and swims happily away. :)— April 9, 2010 11:32 p.m.
Wake Up, Speak Up
No council or committee which advises the City doesn't want the public involved, and all welcome people of whatever age, creed, color, to participate in their discussions and deliberations, as guests, and as members. If democracy is an outdated ideology, then by all means don't do anything to further it, just throw stones from afar. Be part of the problem, then, and don't cry about the solutions arrived at because you couldn't bother yourself to get involved in the process.— April 9, 2010 11:26 p.m.
None
Ooooooh. Aaaaaaah. #Somewhere, my love ....#— April 9, 2010 9:30 p.m.
Wake Up, Speak Up
Freedom, generally I don't respond to personal attacks, but for the record, please go back and read my posts. I did not speak to the specifics of the matter at hand, drinking at Kate Sessions Park, I addressed the issue of citizen involvement. For those of you who care to know, Community Parks I and II are committees that are comprised for the most part of people who have been involved in park and rec issues for years, mainly chairs, or persons selected by chairs, of the various recreation councils. They are unpaid volunteers, assisted by Park and Rec staff, who come together once a month to discuss issues which come under their jurisdictions. They are generally extremely well aware of the issues affecting the parks and recreation centers within the City. I note that the vote on this issue was 11-0. That suggests to me that the committee was somewhat underwhelmed by the opposition to the ban. If Freedom is any indication of the opposition, I am not impressed, and not at all surprised they lost the battle. But the war is not yet over. There's still the Park and Rec Board, the City Council, letters to the editor, public protests, media attention; as I stated before, there are a myriad of ways to influence City policy. Or you can sit on your butt and whine on this forum and see how far that gets you. :))— April 9, 2010 8:48 p.m.
Wake Up, Speak Up
Escortalex, there was no question in my mind that the writer of this biased and uninformed article would get things wrong, as she has gotten things wrong in the past, by not doing what good citizens do, and that is, getting involved and familiarizing herself with the process, failing that, interviewing the key people in this matter. I entirely agree with you, support the recreation council in this issue, and reiterate my point: If people really care about these and other civic matters, they can get involved -- or continue to show their ignorance by posting about things they know nothing about on public forums. One takes the desire, good will, and effort to be a good citizen of the United States, the other takes only the ability to type.— April 9, 2010 5:56 p.m.
Wake Up, Speak Up
Just goes to show that very few people bother to get involved in civic matters, would prefer to show their ignorance on a public forum. The local recreation councils are the advisory group to the Park and Rec Department. They take information and action items about local park and rec issues, deal with them on their duly noticed agendas. The meeting and action item was presumably timely noticed at the Rec Center because this issue was brought to the local recreation council because it is a park issue and that park falls under the jurisdiction of that recreation council. That's all that needs to happen at the community level. This is not the final word. If anyone feels strongly about this matter, they can go to the Community Parks meeting, to the Park and Rec Board meeting, call the Park and Rec Department, go to the City Council meeting and voice their opinion, write letters to the Editor, there are dozens of ways to influence City policy. But the best way, and the reason rec councils and other advisory groups have so much say with the City, is to get involved, learn about the issues, and the process, attend these meetings, become members, and being informed and knowledgeable, vote. Yes, the good old fashioned process. So much harder than just flapping one's ignorant gums, I know, but then democracy is a tedious little duty.— April 9, 2010 11:34 a.m.
Tundra # 11
Good Lord!!!!!!— April 9, 2010 6:54 a.m.
two bulls
"mentaltwist" would have been the first clue. I'm getting kind of used to reading this kind of thing here. This may get the Neighborhood Blog First Prize, if past history is any indication. Something about affairs ....— April 8, 2010 9:52 p.m.
Tundra # 11
Absolutely!!!! xxxxxxxx :))— April 8, 2010 9:47 p.m.
two bulls
You guys not been following this soap? This is chapter four in the saga.— April 8, 2010 7:15 p.m.