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$4.3 million = $500,000
July 21, 2006Weeks Park Golf Course is getting more green than the grass they have growing on their course.
Yet the proposed Wichita Falls skate park is slowly skidding along.
The 4B Sales Tax Board doled out project funding and the rich got richer.
The established public golf course made out like a bandit. And a lot of "young" people are left without something to do, unless mom or dad goes golfing.
What's the deal Wichita Falls?
Amarillo has one, close to building a second, and even Lubbock has one. Heck, Bowie even has something they call a skate park.
Wichita Falls has a nothing.
Score: other cities our size - 1, Wichita Falls - big fat goose egg.
Are people aware that skateboarding is not a crime?
They skating population has it posted on t-shirts, bumper stickers and Nike even did a commercial about it a couple of years ago.
But Wichita Falls has yet to embrace it.
I've talked with a couple of skaters in town and they say the cops don't really hassle them. The WFPD knows, yet the leaders of Wichita Falls hesitate to fund a general meeting area for "punk" skaters.
They're far from gang members. Yes they listen to crazy music, most of them have tattoos and even some of them wear baggy clothes, but $4.3 million to a golf course is crazy in my mind.
I don't play golf. Maybe it’s because I'm not over 35-years old, but who knows.
During my morning "brain storming" session I tried to think of things for teenagers and 20-year olds to do in town.
1. Get into trouble 2. Go to church 3. Go to bar (if you're old enough or have a fake I.D.) 4. Go to a gym
Trust me, I know because that's what I did on a regular basis.
A skate park, not an improved golf course, is Wichita Falls needs.
Posted by Clayton Hein at 10:51 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Skaters don't need a skate park. They need jobs. Why, back in my day, we used to skate at Pinky's Cave, a drainage ditch along the Kell access road. And that was all we needed.
hey...I play golf and I'm not 35.
I was never any good at skater-boying. Didn't have good enough balance, I still don't.
I did have some sweet Vans shoes one time though, they were great. But I agree with you on the point.
Quote:"Skaters don't need a skate park. They need jobs." Wow what a *****
