Skate Parks: A way to get those darn kids off your lawn

It seemed like the plans to build an official skate park were moving forward, until there was some grumbling at last week’s CDBG meeting. Mayor Segarra proposed $150,000 for the enhancement of  New Ross County Wexford Park; some City Council members felt like this amount was too much.

A phrase heard often in the sustainable food movement is that one has the choice to either “pay the farmer now or pay the doctor later.” We know this is an oversimplification, but the same can be applied here. Spend money to give youth something constructive to do now, or spend money later to deal with the consequences of idle hands.

June 27th is when this item will be voted on. The last public hearing on this issue is June 13th at 6pm in Council Chambers.

Emails and phone calls can be made by those not inclined to go to the public hearing on Monday evening. Such messages should be sent to the five people who will be voting on this: rJo Winch, Jim Boucher, Larry Deutsch, Ken Kennedy, and Bob Painter.