Mays Street & Old Settlers Park
Celebrating Crime Month
RECEIVED Fri., July 5, 2019
Dear Editor,
First the soccer stadium sneaked through City Council. Now the crooks are back with a plan for an $800 million park heist ["New Plan Reimagines Walter E. Long Park," News, June 28].
What dark forces control Boss Adler and his cronies? Smokescreen blame has been placed on the Parks and Recreation Board. In our swamp, the dysfunctional guardian of the public interest is making deals torn from the scripts of cable TV municipality melodramas. Here the deals are real and taxing beyond cable cutting.
Amusement parks are the specialty of the private sector. Planetariums are the specialty of educational institutions. All taxpayers do not need to share the cost of fun for a few. Any other way is fodder for a media circus, about the Crime of the Century, even though the crooks always get away.
Buy the land. Build a playground. Put up a sign. Voila! A park.
First the soccer stadium sneaked through City Council. Now the crooks are back with a plan for an $800 million park heist ["New Plan Reimagines Walter E. Long Park," News, June 28].
What dark forces control Boss Adler and his cronies? Smokescreen blame has been placed on the Parks and Recreation Board. In our swamp, the dysfunctional guardian of the public interest is making deals torn from the scripts of cable TV municipality melodramas. Here the deals are real and taxing beyond cable cutting.
Amusement parks are the specialty of the private sector. Planetariums are the specialty of educational institutions. All taxpayers do not need to share the cost of fun for a few. Any other way is fodder for a media circus, about the Crime of the Century, even though the crooks always get away.
Buy the land. Build a playground. Put up a sign. Voila! A park.
Chris Gallo
