The mayor has proposed that Bronstein Park be closed down to the public. He wants to control access and only allow Central High students, faculty, and parents to use the park. The hours of this enforcement would be from 7am to 4:30pm. Anyone who is caught in the park who is not a park of this group will be arrested for trespassing. He feels this is the way to keep the students safe once they return to school.
Some are opposed to this change stating that this is an infringement on their civil liberties. Others are in support of it for the safety of the students. What do you think?
In my opinion...this is not even a short-term solution to this problem. How are you, Mayor Gatsas, going to make sure the right people are in the park? Are you going construct a wall that surrounds the park with a guard checking IDs? How do you know when someone is a parent of a student at the high school? Are you going to have police officers on detail at the park during those hours that will stop every single person in the park and ask them to prove that they are a part of this elite group that gets to use the park during those hours?
What is going to happen to all of the people using spice if they can't go to this park? They will mosey on over to Veteran's Park and Victory Park. They will overdose on different benches, on different street corners, still near the students. This city has an abundance of parks in the central part of the city, are you going to restrict them all?
How about instead of focusing on closing down one park for 9.5 hours of the day you focus on getting spice off of the shelves? Focus on making the sale of it illegal in the city. Focus on figuring out how to get rid of the spice, not get rid of the city parks.
Just my two cents....
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Are you kidding me
ReplyDeleteWhy do they have to do it in a park anyway? Who's to say they will move anywhere? I agree it will probable not stop the problem but that park is pretty bad as far as the homeless situation with veterans park a close second. If they are homeless or addicts chances are that whoever is policing the park can tell them apart from parents, students and faculty with very little difficulty. I would only assume this is to curb the problem until a long term solution can be accomplished.
ReplyDeleteThat is the stupid is thing I have ever heard on so many levels.
ReplyDeleteThe mayor is really turning into quite a bully. He is overstepping his bounds on so many levels.
ReplyDeleteGuess you preferred it when he didn't say anything, makes me wonder what you have to hide!! lol
DeleteJust plain silly
ReplyDeleteWhile this a park near Central this will not stop the main problem. Getting these off store shelves would take less effort than making sure only authorized personnel are allowed into the park. What's going to happen when overdosed start showing up elsewhere? You going to shut those parks down too? What a joke this plan is.
ReplyDeletethis does not solve the issue but make more for the city in my opinion you think you would do your job an do what it is that is doing wrong for the city not make more issues or problem for it an taking away from the city people that enjoy going out into parks just to get out an some that go with there children to play is right to them cause of others doings solve what the issue is not add to it my opinion
ReplyDeleteit's about time someone stepped up and did something, seemingly ridiculous or not, it's obvious a place one wouldn't take there children to. Why make it easy for the addict? The addicts will just find another place to do their dirty deeds.
ReplyDeleteThey have taken it off the shelves. The authorities have done a good job. Reacted quickly.
At least he is doing something, funny you had to reach all the way to Alabama to find a law to suit this situation. Get yourself an education and a job!
ReplyDeleteAs a business owner across the street , I completely support the mayors decision. This park is out of hand and the fact that its across from central high school is alarming.
ReplyDeleteIts only gonna stop til sept 4 then its all gonna start again when i lived on the east side bronstein park was mostly filled with high schoolers skipping school smoking not cigs in the park ever consider civillian policing i mean if thats what it will take
ReplyDeleteI believe the Mayor is doing what he thinks may help, but unfortunately it's just temporary! I believe the official in this city need to make it knows that this product will not be tolerated here. We need to take the city back from these suppliers and addicts, and let them know that there will be a consequence if caught selling or inhauling any drug.. WHY ARE WE MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE ADDICTS???, and the law abiding citizens being put out?
ReplyDeleteWhat if someone wanted to watch there fing dog like this is Ridiclous
ReplyDeleteStudents are not allowed to leave the school yard during school hours so no student should be there during school unless they are with a class so a 7-4:30 so closing off the park is unless cause
ReplyDeleteI'm not from here. I come to your city to pick up my daughter and bring her home to the woods. But reading this blows my mind. Are you people for real? You have a serious drug problem in that area. It's either city owned or school owned either way it's not what a park was intended for and if the city wants to shut it down good for them. Holy crap. Your worried about law abiding citizens? Me too, so let the law clean up the park enough so that you can feel safe going there to read a book or bring your children to play.
ReplyDeleteStop protecting the criminals.
Yes you need to address the problem, the legalized synthetic pot. Shut it down as nd get it off the streets. But you've got to start someplace.
Does anyone else know that that park is one of the only parks left for anyone to play basketball in throughout the city. Police said drugs and fights were due to the youth playing ball and loitering.well take this away and you will push more good kids away from a good past time and possibly to drugs like "spice". Get real people this is not the right move maybe stop the sale of it or police the park more but don't take anymore away from the good kids that just want to play ball.who knows we might have the next Larry Bird living right here but you might turn him into the next homeless druggie laying in the park.
DeleteJust throwing this out there....Bronstein park has no basketball court.
DeleteI'm kinda glad that central has access they use that parks a lot. I for one know I went there. Besides it was bad enough that when I was going all of us that was practicing or having gym .., saw bums going at it right under the trees lol so disturbing. Besides its only trespassing between certain hours. I thought they were closing out down for good, Now that would be some bullshit.
ReplyDeleteLol and yes there is no basketball court . You thinking of the wrong park dude.
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