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I'm honestly so surprised to see stuff like this -- from a logistics standpoint. It's so easy -- free even! -- to just not do anything. But someone said, "We

I'm honestly so surprised to see stuff like this -- from a logistics standpoint. It's so easy -- free even! -- to just not do anything. But someone said, "We have to stop these skaters." And brainstormed ideas. And came up with "sand". And figured out how to acquire that much sand, and how to truck a literal ton of sand to the park. I'm not disagreeing with what they did. I'm just surprised that someone considered the cost/benefit to be worth it. Even more surprising if this was a government action instead of a private skatepark owner -- surely this must be a private skatepark. How many committees would it take to figure out this whole sand thing?

bredren 6y ago
Also worth noting the video says that a non-profit manages the skate park, but the city dumped sand on it without informing them of the plan.
- tehwebguy 6y ago
  Absolutely psychotic, who would think it's okay to do this to someone else's stuff?
  - olyjohn 6y ago
    The government.
  - jedimastert 6y ago
    It's not "someone else's stuff," it's the city's. The non-profit "manages" the park, but they don't own it. An anology might be that you let a friend watch over a cabin in the woods in exchange for letting you use it for parties and stuff. Now you don't people to use the cabin for a while (perhaps wildfire season or bears spotted very close by), people still keep using the cabin, so you change the locks. Still arguably a dick move depending on the dynamic of the park and skaters and what have you, but well within the city's rights. The only "damage" was to their own property.
    - bluntfang 6y ago
      >but well within the city's rights. Usually said after the entity in question performs some extreme antisocial behavior [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour
    - tehwebguy 6y ago
      My bad, I misunderstood that it was owned by a non-profit, it seems it is only managed by them.
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- Shivetya 6y ago
  going to be interesting to see if they ever reopen it or write it off because of the costs involved. to be frank, this really borders on someone being an asshole, there are less destructive ways to eliminate use.
bluGill 6y ago
Sand is something I expect the road department to deal with in large quantities often. It was probably 2 hours from idea to done. Clean up may not take long either given normal road equipment fits
finnthehuman 6y ago
>I'm honestly so surprised to see stuff like this -- from a logistics standpoint. Why? This is basic human behavior. There are people who get off on enforcing rules against eachother. The kind of person with a bland indifference to rule enforcement beyond accomplishing the goals those rules are explicitly designed to accomplish isn't the kind of person interested in, or is hired to, enforce rules.

bredren 6y ago

Also worth noting the video says that a non-profit manages the skate park, but the city dumped sand on it without informing them of the plan.

tehwebguy 6y ago
Absolutely psychotic, who would think it's okay to do this to someone else's stuff?
- olyjohn 6y ago
  The government.
- jedimastert 6y ago
  It's not "someone else's stuff," it's the city's. The non-profit "manages" the park, but they don't own it. An anology might be that you let a friend watch over a cabin in the woods in exchange for letting you use it for parties and stuff. Now you don't people to use the cabin for a while (perhaps wildfire season or bears spotted very close by), people still keep using the cabin, so you change the locks. Still arguably a dick move depending on the dynamic of the park and skaters and what have you, but well within the city's rights. The only "damage" was to their own property.
  - bluntfang 6y ago
    >but well within the city's rights. Usually said after the entity in question performs some extreme antisocial behavior [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour
  - tehwebguy 6y ago
    My bad, I misunderstood that it was owned by a non-profit, it seems it is only managed by them.
  - deleted 6y ago
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Shivetya 6y ago
going to be interesting to see if they ever reopen it or write it off because of the costs involved. to be frank, this really borders on someone being an asshole, there are less destructive ways to eliminate use.

bluGill 6y ago

Sand is something I expect the road department to deal with in large quantities often. It was probably 2 hours from idea to done. Clean up may not take long either given normal road equipment fits

finnthehuman 6y ago

>I'm honestly so surprised to see stuff like this -- from a logistics standpoint. Why? This is basic human behavior. There are people who get off on enforcing rules against eachother. The kind of person with a bland indifference to rule enforcement beyond accomplishing the goals those rules are explicitly designed to accomplish isn't the kind of person interested in, or is hired to, enforce rules.