Shout out to Ukiah columnist!
Skatepark 2010: the comedy continues
Once again Tommy Wayne Kramer doesn’t mince words. He begins this article with “”It’s 2010 – do you know where the Ukiah Skateboard Park is? Here’s a hint: It’s in the same location it was in 2009 and in 2004 and in 1997 and in 1992 and in 1986. In other words, it’s in your imagination . . .”
So you know, building skateparks appears to the goal of practically every town in Northern California. The idea is that teenage boys will go skate in the skatepark instead of sitting around dealing and/or using dope. Um, right. In any event, skateparks almost never get built. Tommy blames the “droolers” in city hall for Ukiah’s lack of a skatepark. No surprise there. But he also observes: >>In 2009 zero parks were built for local kids, but two parks were built for local dogs. That’s bad enough, naturally, but let me point out that to build the second of those dog parks local officials ordered the Low Gap Park baseball diamond to be torn down.<<
I think it goes without saying that all of Northern California cares about its dogs more than its teenage boys — or anyone else for that matter. I’d say the same thing about Southern California, but I don’t think it’s right to make any dog, no matter how much it looks like a rodent, wear that much bling.
