We should vote for it because anything that helps our children have a better life affects all of us in the long run. If children have a place to play, and there are caring adults at those places, children are not getting into mischief elsewhere. They are not wandering around downtown or on campus, scaring people, breaking into cars, vandalizing, robbing, etc. First of all, these programs are not free. Second, these programs require transportation that is not available to many children.
Parks are in neighborhoods, many times within walking distances.
Every time I see the park by the County Fire Rescue Station on Southwest 20th Avenue, I realize how much we need the tax to build shelters in open fields, to provide restrooms and to keep ball diamonds in good condition. Let us help others by voting for the tax. I have only the following to say. But let me clarify for the record his attempt to misdirect the public regarding the recent lawsuit. Nothing the judge does or can do will alter that.