Skatepunk

I just got back from a small road trip with my nephew Taylor and a crew of his friends. We went to a whole bunch of parks, some I'd been to and some new ones. Ripon is a tranny lover's heaven; Salinas, Greenfield, and Ceres are fun, and Berkeley is good when it's open. One of the things that I've noticed recently, though, is a disparage between where cities are putting their recreational dollars and where they're being used. On New Year's night, Wednesday January first, the eight of us pulled up to Camarillo skatepark. It must've been around 9 or 930, and I knew there were no lights at the park. But damn if there weren't already a couple groups of kids rolling around in the park. With our 8, there were about 20 people in the skatepark, in the dark, trying to find a safe and creative way to spend some time. About 100 yards away, there was a full set of 6 or 8 tennis courts with full lights, and not one person playing tennis. Doesn't anyone at any city office ever go out and see what happens in their city? Every decent (not even good) city park I've ever been is always way more crowded than any swingset, tennis court, basketball court, or baseball field. But instead of providing constituents with a place to go and gather and do something physical and creative, politicians do the minimum and then let skateboarders continue to be the banes of society. Let's get some lights at some of these parks! The parks in Oregon have lights on motion sensors that work great. Hats off to Fontana, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, El Cajon, and La Habra for doing the right thing and getting lights for their skateparks...

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