Letters to the EditorPalm Beach Post
June 10, 2016
John Prince Park Should Remain As is
The "wholesome" takeover of 100 acres of John Prince Park by a spring training baseball stadium where people can drink beer, eat junk food, and sit and watch others play ball would be a tremendous disservice to the community.
John Prince Park affords people of all ages and ethnicities the opportunity to experience the outdoors, exercise, bicycle, run, walk, commune with nature, picnic--I could go on. As far as I can tell, it's all about the supposed money that the Atlanta Braves will bring to the area.
If this stadium idea goes through, the commissioners of Palm Beach County should be ashamed that they are putting the fantasy of an economic boom before the well-being of the community surrounding the park.
Eileen Kavlock
Lake Worth
Well said.
ReplyDeleteHas downtown Lake Worth ever had a huge economic boom due to the college down the street?
Well said. Because NOBODY sits in John Prince Park and drinks beer and eats junk food and watches others play NOW. It's tough to figure out who the most obtuse person is. The letter writer, the blogger for posting the obtuse letter or 9:52 who complimented the letter writer's skills then asked a question totally unrelated to the issue at hand.
ReplyDeleteWhat a blog. If these are the kinds of people that live in Lake Worth no wonder Lake Worth is such a shit hole.
Gee, thanks, anonymous at 4:09. I see you are using your one "big" word again--obtuse. The only one obtuse here is you. I can't think of one other person as witless or as simple minded as you.
ReplyDeleteFantasy is right. Baseball stadiums do not benefit anyone economically other than the owners of the baseball teams(the Braves ) and their lobbyists(Mark Foley and his minion Scott Maxwell). 4:09 anon above ,comparing the individual sitting in John Prince Park eating and drinking to the thousands in a baseball stadium that has destroyed a public park is like comparing a guy out in his fishing boat having a beer to the thousands on a cruise ship drinking cocktails.As for your description of Lake Worth,glad you'll be avoiding us at all costs.In the future I suggest that you look up the description of an apple and the description of an orange. Study them both so that you don't get confused in the future.
ReplyDeleteWhere do my PBSC classmates hang out? Clematis, Cityplace... That's the point I was trying to make. Why?
ReplyDeleteSome who tout the baseball stadium say it will increase foot traffic downtown. Maybe it would. Why not so much interest from young people now?
I say bring it. The park is a big place and will still have plenty of room for experiencing the outdoors, exercise, bicycling, running, walking, communing with nature, picnicing. Lake Worth needs all the help it can get and this could help improving the quality of life of the city. Sick of seeing local businesses force to close and blight just because people are afraid of a little bit of positive development and change. It'll take a lot to sell out to the point of Delray. At the end of the day it's not up to the city of LW though.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank God, it's not up to you.
ReplyDelete"Sick of seeing local businesses force to close and blight just because people are afraid of a little bit of positive development and change"
ReplyDeleteLocal businesses forced to close? Blight? Because people don't want John Prince Park destroyed by a commercial baseball stadium? A baseball stadium is not in any way compatible with a public Park.Economically there is NO NO NO benefit for the community . These things are money pit disasters for the towns dumb enough to be conned into them.Study after study is out there. Just google it.