Jerry, I'm flattered you found my photos inspiring, however, I fail to see the
connection between your cute cartoon and my real life pictures. The
sprinkler-fed acres of chemically-treated sod look wasteful to me, and I, along
with every other Roseville homeowner, pay the water bill. The water bill may
be insignificant to you, but it's not to me. And I suppose fraud, while a bit
strong, is a word that comes to mind when some relatively small park in some
city council member's backyard gets a new, half-million-dollar âcrown jewel,â
while a park 3 times the size and at least 3 times as busy has a building, with
drinking fountains and indoor restrooms, that's long been locked and vacant.
Thanks again, Brent, for the information. While âmanyâ of the school ball
fields may be in use year round, I imagine after the schools close in the late
afternoon, most of the fields are available for evening use. It seems to me
it's common sense to utilize ALL the existing fields before spraying acres of
parkland with toxic chemicals and then soaking the chemically-treated sod with
City water.
And rather than earning medals for fastening some boards to some posts, and
achieving the dubious accomplishment of constructing a 3-sided sandbox, maybe
the eagle scouts should try something a little more challenging, like building
a biffy. Where do the 700 kids and dozens of teams that supposedly use the
Acorn Park ballfields, and all the parents and grandparents who enjoy watching
them play, go when they need to go? Last time I looked, the entire 120-acre,
ârenewal-improvedâ park, including the ballfields, the disc golf course, the
basketball and tennis courts, and the playground and picnic area, was served by
one outhouse.
It's interesting you mention flooded fields at Evergreen Park, Wendy. There's
also an ongoing flooding problem near the ball fields at Acorn Park, just a few
yards down-slope from the new aglime bin. Maybe if the Parks Department hadn't
pissed away a couple million dollars on âcrown jewelsâ for parks like Autumn
Grove, there would have been money available to remedy the flooding problems at
Evergreen and Acorn.