Jazmin Soto
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Bell
Skate Park has been having several changes over the last two months, causing it
to close down completely until further notice due to complaints from Bell
residents.
The
fact that the skate park is closed, doesn’t seem to prevent skaters from going
out and skating. “I feel like it’s a disaster because no one has anywhere to go
skate anymore in Bell,” says Jose Gonzalez (12A), “everybody is going to be in
the streets vandalizing property just to get some skate sessions in.”
With
the skate park being closed skaters will eventually find places to skate, which
will end in them receiving tickets for skating in prohibited areas. “Without
the skate park skaters are going to go to schools and jump the fences to use
the stairs or move around the tables,” says Gonzalez.
People
had gone to the City Council Meetings and complained about skaters being rude
to the supervisors because they were not following the rules; such as not
leaving trash around the ramps, using helmets, and not vandalizing. The reality
of this matter is that there was no supervision at the park whatsoever and
there were no helmets out for the skaters to wear.
Skaters
find this incident to be unjust. “I’m always at the skate park, I don’t know
why they complain so much there hardly is trash around and no one is rude with
who ever is there,” says a Bell High student, “they really should reopen it
before people take matters into their own hands.”
*writing this story was actually fun because i got to go to the skate park and interview kids who were skating outside the skate park. i also went to the city council meetings and it was interesting to hear the arguments people had to close and reopen the skate park*
