I agree with Jeanne on this.
I am more interested in participatory sports than in the monstrosity that professioal sports has become.
We need to get our kids involved in sports as healthy, fun , creative activities, and set the example for them as well. �We can do this by rejecting the professional sports which siphon off more taxpayer dollars than we can afford to spend, and by diverting tax dollars and also City and County officials' attention to many other more deserving projects: the "silent" sports of cross country ski-ing, biking, walking and such in the parks; �organized team sports in the parks; and also the very important issues of affordable housing, pollution reduction, clean energy production, and sustainable transportation come to mind.
If professional sports cannot pay for their own facilities, then they must change or die. �That's the way it works. Personally, I care more about sports in our parks than in the stadiums. �The parks are beautiful and can even be sustainable. The stadiums are monstrosities, and harken back to the Roman stadiums where gladiators and such glorified violence. �Today, they glorify violence, beer-bellied "fans" and obscene mis-direction of time, energy, and money.
Our parks, education, affordable housing, sustainable transportation, and clean energy all deserve to be in the center of our attention, at the top of the mayoral and city council agendas.
Gary Hoover
Kingfield
