Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Protecting Our Parks
Protecting Our Parks
Remember our old pal, Your Neighbor? Well, a fellow that
bears a striking resemblance to him is now on a crusade to save
a neighborhood park near his home from marauding hoards of
out-of-control soccer players!
Seems this fellow feels unsafe during his strolls through the park with his young child. He has put our city on notice that there are dangerous conditions that need to be corrected. This, of course, is a precursor to any law suit he might decide to file if the city doesn't "fix the problem" to his satisfaction.
"The Problem" is the occasional group of young men who might congregate after work to kick a soccer ball around. It seems that this fellow fears for the safety of the general public because of errant soccer balls that might be kicked toward them. This "Your Neighbor" look-alike, good citizen that he is, has made his case before the city council and anyone else who will listen to him.
In our town, if 10 or more individuals gather to play a game in a park the rules require a permit. If they don't have a permit they are subject to sanctions by our park rangers and/or police. Although our pal seems certain that there are always more than ten participants, none of the authorities that have been called confirmed those numbers.
Here's a surprise for you... these marauding soccer players just happen to be Latinos. Wow! What a surprise! How perfectly in character for this man to be so concerned for the activities of the Spanish-speaking members of this community. He has, after all, gone to great lengths to make the lives of the Latinos in this city - which may number close to 50% now - miserable. It seems that, in his minds eye, the Latinos are the root of all problems in our little town, so he's methodically and persistently trying to find ways to expel them from our borders.
Such is life in our little slice of paradise these days. Stay tuned for more adventures with "Your Neighbor".
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Seems this fellow feels unsafe during his strolls through the park with his young child. He has put our city on notice that there are dangerous conditions that need to be corrected. This, of course, is a precursor to any law suit he might decide to file if the city doesn't "fix the problem" to his satisfaction.
"The Problem" is the occasional group of young men who might congregate after work to kick a soccer ball around. It seems that this fellow fears for the safety of the general public because of errant soccer balls that might be kicked toward them. This "Your Neighbor" look-alike, good citizen that he is, has made his case before the city council and anyone else who will listen to him.
In our town, if 10 or more individuals gather to play a game in a park the rules require a permit. If they don't have a permit they are subject to sanctions by our park rangers and/or police. Although our pal seems certain that there are always more than ten participants, none of the authorities that have been called confirmed those numbers.
Here's a surprise for you... these marauding soccer players just happen to be Latinos. Wow! What a surprise! How perfectly in character for this man to be so concerned for the activities of the Spanish-speaking members of this community. He has, after all, gone to great lengths to make the lives of the Latinos in this city - which may number close to 50% now - miserable. It seems that, in his minds eye, the Latinos are the root of all problems in our little town, so he's methodically and persistently trying to find ways to expel them from our borders.
Such is life in our little slice of paradise these days. Stay tuned for more adventures with "Your Neighbor".
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