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| Mutts, a blog by John Woestendiek of The Baltimore Sun ... |
Thursday, July 17, 2008 --- 52 days ago http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2008/07/citizen_journalist_c
| Preoccupied with life's developments, which range from leaving the paper to getting the hole in my ceiling fixed, I asked one of our loyal readers to serve as a citizen journalist last night, and pass on to us what transpired at the city's meeting on the future of dog parks. We won't identify our reporter here -- suffice to say she is the mom of Bimini and a fairly regular vistor to the city's ONLY dog park, Canton Dog Park. Full Disclosure: While our budget is limited, our reporter was promised payment in the form of a beer, or maybe we said two. Here is her report: OK, here goes..mind u I'm typing on my phone and had a glass of wine w/ dinner, so bear with me. Patterson Park was represented by both the dog park group and the general friends of patterson park group. locust point was also represented, as was canton dog park. both potential dog park groups, particularly patterson park, expressed frustrations with the city. They just want a list of requirements and no additions once those requirements are met. makes sense. and the councilpeople agreed. issues of liability, maintenance, and volunteers were brought up. there was also the mention of off-leash times, rather than fenced in areas. Jim Kraft stated numerous times that there needs to be a city-wide set of guidelines/application for dog parks, not just on a case by case basis. everyone attending the meeting, including the new director of rec & parks, seemed on board with get ... |
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