Monday, September 15, 2008
Build the Hall Park at Ponto Beachfront Village in Carlsbad
Wow, empty land right on the lagoon and by the ocean, neato.
Shopping centers instead of sports fields? Why does Carlsbad hate children so much?
Since so many people from Carlsbad showed up to an Encinitas city council meeting demanding that Encinitas taxpayers pony up the $35-$50 million it will take to build the Hall Park sports complex, I figured it might be easier if we all just built the park at the 50 acre future site of the Ponto Beachfront Village instead of the 44 acre site in Cardiff.
City of Carlsbad website: Ponto Beachfront Village
Propaganda website for the Ponto Beachfront Village: www.carlsbadconnected.com
SignOnSanDiego: Panel to discuss report on beachfront plan
Soccer is a favorite game of elitist liberals who want their kids to grow up to be socialist Europeans.
Imagine, soccer fields with an ocean view! Carlsbad is kid friendly right? So no doubt that Carlsbad will embrace my idea and build soccer fields instead of shopping centers.
"Friends" of the Hall Park website: www.hallpropertypark.com
northcountytimes.com: ENCINITAS: Park supporters play hardball
Coast News: Residents still divided over Hall property
Many Cardiff locals are concerned that the tall field lights will shine directly into their homes at night.
SignOnSanDiego.com: Panel denies permit for park project, suggests changes to scale back plan
nctimes.com: ENCINITAS: City voted one of country's most playful
Check out this quote from Encinitas city councilperson Dan Dalager from this SDUT story on Aug. 24 2008:
“When I was a kid, we always had open fields and vacant lots and nobody used them, so you'd go out there and get exercise,” Dalager said. “Kids obviously can't do that. As we get more densely populated, you have to plan and you have to create these places.”
Dalager is on to something here, why does the park have to cost $35-50 million dollars...to play soccer?!?
Soccer is popular all around the world in every economy. It cost almost nothing to play, you just need a ball, some friends and an empty field. Why can't the Hall Park just be wide open grassy fields? Why the mega-park?
At the very least, we could grade the land, plant grass, and water and mow the fields and the let the kids run around and play soccer. The adults can even keep score and write GO LINDSY #1 on the windows of their SUV if they want.
Soccer in Sierra Leone. Our soccer fields should probably be nicer than this one.