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This seems a bit drastic. How much will it cost to remove the sand once things return to 'normal'?
I'm not nor have I ever been a skater but doesn't the longer term social benefit of the skate park outweigh the near term health crisis?
https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/california-city-fills-skatepark-with-37-tons-of-sand-after-people-ignore-no-trespassing-signs/
I'm not nor have I ever been a skater but doesn't the longer term social benefit of the skate park outweigh the near term health crisis?
https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/california-city-fills-skatepark-with-37-tons-of-sand-after-people-ignore-no-trespassing-signs/
Lawsuits ... as far as the eye can see ... heading to a circuit court near you.
... probably not over this but just wait... the people will be heard.
There was zero distancing there. I get the MX track being more of an open space thing, and I was cool with how LACR and a couple others were handling it, but the skatepark was not even close to being compliant.
The Shop
They tried to kick us out of our local park a couple days ago to. Want to know how many people were there? Maybe 10! 10 fucking people yet some vigilante bitch decided to call the cops on us and have us kicked out. We pretty much just waited 20min until they left and went back in, but FFS they have absolutely no grounds to be doing this. I cant even imagine how the cops felt having their time wasted like that, what a joke.
See astronomical costs for food relief, medical supplies and miscellaneous products.
There are people in dire stress... pretty much destitute...yet there are those fortunate enough to go riding, cycling, stating....have baraques and beers - I have nothing against them but we need to see the bigger picture.
Who knows, most of us could lose everything a ways down the road.
Filling a skate park with sand to stop some idiots from being irresponsible is chicken feed in the grander scheme of things. They either don't give a fuck or are too stupid to grasp the seriousness of the sistuation.
Where is the video of that dude in CA being arrested for paddleboarding in the ocean by himself. Talk about a powertrip some of your leaders are having out there.
Now, heres where you couldn't be more wrong. They absolutely do have the authority to kick you out of parks. I assume you're talking about a public park so YOU don't own the park. The park is most likely owned and funded by the municipality. What that means is THEY OWN THE PARK. THEY get to decide who is permitted to be inside the park, not YOU. If the city manager, mayor or council closes the park then YOU must follow the rules. If you don't then you're trespassing. It's really that simple. It blows my mind how many people dont understand this and think they are allowed to do whatever they want. If you have a friend over YOUR HOUSE then they refuse to leave do you think they should have the right to remain there? That's basically what you're doing by assuming you're allowed to be wherever you want whenever. If you want to be the boss of a park then you should build one and keep it open to the public.
I'm not trying to be a dick here, you're one of the better posters here and never talk smack or anything. But your way of thinking is very delusional. Whoever owns the park has the authority to decide when it's open or closed. If you owned a motocross track and decided to close it I can only imagine you would get pretty upset if random people started coming in to ride whenever they wanted.
A public park is not owned by the public. The public is permitted to use a park at their leisure if the rules are followed. Most parks close at 9pm around here. If you're there after you'll most likely be asked to leave. If you refuse to leave or come back after the warning theres a good chance you'll be arrested for trespassing. You dont get to do what you want and make the rules on property not owned by you.
As if that stuff is actually owned by the officials.
Pit Row
LMAO
Owned by the public...
Managed by bureaucrats
I think that he meant that it wasn’t owned by individuals.
Here's where I stand on this, you can agree or disagree and that's fine, you guys are in a tough spot and I don't envy you having to do that job so please don't take this as a sign of disrespect. I like to ride my dirtbike, now they've taken that away. I like to go out to eat with my family when I can, they've taken that away. I also really like to ride my bmx bike and my skateboard, so if you take that away what do I really have left? I live alone, I work from home 80% of the time right now, and I see my family maybe once a week. My risk of spreading this shit is slim to none and at this point I've pretty much got nothing else to lose, so keeping parks open is well worth fighting for in my book.
This is such a shitty situation because we dont know when or how it will end. I haven't seen my mom face to face since this all starter because I'm at a high risk to get it and she has breast cancer. My grandparents and I met up on Easter in a parking lot to see each other and talk from each others cars. It's tough not seeing them for this long and not being able to give them a hug and kiss. But I guess we just continue to do our part and hope all this gets fixed soon.
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