the beginning

Here's my motivation : there's a high school about a block and a half from here. It has outdoor basketball courts which are open to the public during non-school hours (something to do with a federal grant 30 years ago for outdoor lighting). Anyway, a few years back they started locking the gate to these courts, the same gate that has a sign saying they are open to the public and listing the hours. I play ball down there every weekend - and after two years I get tired of jumping the fence so I decide to take a civic-minded approach and contact the school. Once they realized their mistake they would surely keep the gate unlocked as posted......right? I thought briefly of cutting off the padlock but decided this would be too anarchic - I wanted to play by the rules.

That was in November of 2005......I'm still trying.....