Comments on: Statement From Former Mayor Burt Ballanfant on Future Parkland Acquisition

By: Jeremy Green

Jeremy Green — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 20:20:58 +0000

I happen to be one of those “selfish neighbors” that occasionally blocks the sidewalk with my SUV. When the City designated the route of the sidewalk on West Point, for some dumb reason insisted on curving the sidewalk over 4 feet into my driveway, rather than moving down West Point in a straight line. Realizing that this would be a problem down the road (sic), I requested and received a letter from the Chief of Police stating no tickets would be issued for blocking the sidewalk with my vehicle. The area between the sidewalk and the curb has never grown grass again, and I apologize for any inconvenience caused by stupid decisions and shoddy sidewalk construction.

By: GoldBacon

GoldBacon — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:07:50 +0000

Unfortunately, this is the nature of bureaucrats. If the city isn’t spending more money, their relative importance in the world declines. I agree with you though…there are already tons of parks that are easily accessible from virtually every part of West U. If somebody thinks there is a need for yet another park, then by all means that person should buy the land and develop the park.

By: Sidewalks

Sidewalks — Sat, 31 May 2014 14:47:44 +0000

My family (assuming selfish neighbors don’t block the sidewalks with their SUVs) can easily walk to 6 parks from our house. The city just isn’t so large that we need more parks than we already have. You know what the neutral position is? They don’t use parks, so they don’t care. That’s neutral. And you quote other numbers that basically say over half of the residents don’t want more green space. What’s your point again?