Jacob Wood testified that even when legally skating outside of the bounded, no-skateboarding area he has been stopped. Everyone should be treated equally. Puls explained to the council that the skaters like to ride through Main Street s nicely paved sidewalks to reach the new skate park in Parque de Vida. A lot of these guys use these as their mode of transportation. Wood told the council that walking the extra blocks would be a deterrent to skaters who lived on the opposite side of town from the skate park.
Skateboards can also be expensive to replace.
But despite the group s objections, the council unanimously approved the ordinance, with Puls whose vote is symbolic anyway abstaining. Copyright 2001 the Cortez Journal. All rights reserved.