June 25th, 2006:
The gate is open!
It’s just like when the Berlin Wall came down! Thousands rejoice!
I am especially optimistic because the chain they had used to lock the gate is gone. (They had a chain welded to the gate which was then padlocked, this chain is completely gone.)
Interesting side note #1: I forgot to mention earlier that for quite some time there had been a space between the 2 sections of gate where you could squeeze through, everybody used it, the gate had been inconsequential. But a few years ago some genius had decided to take an old piece of wire fence and twist it into this space to prevent access. It was a crude and dangerous way to do it (lots of metal shards and sharp points) - but it did keep people from getting through.
Interesting side note #2: The school also seems to be leaving the adjacent driveway open. This would allow vehicles to drive right into the schoolyard, and seems like a really bad idea. The only vandalism I’ve really noticed is from people driving their cars on the courts and fields.
For instance, there is a peelout patch on one of the courts that took the surface off in four neatly defined tire tracks. I have seen people with cars that appear to be with the school baseball team tearing around the field causing damage. They were with someone that had a key to the gates - so what’s up with that?
Oh well….
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