the good ol days

[ChrisMacG]

Originally Posted by leafylinks

You read one line on their website and think you've figured it out. Dont be gullible.

No, I've actually followed the development of the skatepark since well before it was open. Ironic that you read a couple of posts from me and think you've figured it out, isn't it?

Originally Posted by leafylinks

The skatepark idea and money was from one source, Joe Jamail. PUSH was just the middleman who he used to get it installed. Joe Jamail's role is of a front man for this group of anonymous theater crowd donors that don't endorse skating at all but simply want the problem moved away from the downtown opera house. And if this is at the expensve of disc golf, nobody cared.

Joe Jamail's donation of 1.5 million arrived about two weeks before the fund raising deadline for the park (cite). The park probably wouldn't have happened without his effort, but he was hardly behind it. There is no mention of Joe Jamail's sponsorship or donations to of any Houston area theater that I could find online (and theaters love to publicly thank their sponsors). I did find out about him giving $25K for sea turtles and $100 million to UT Austin. Seems like a good guy, but he is a lawyer.

If you are going to make statements about Jamail being a front for a "group of anonymous theater crowd donors" please cite your sources so we can separate fact from fiction.

Originally Posted by leafylinks

It is really offensive to all the people in HFDS and the disc golf community who fight to get what little land we have for disc golf and people like you come out of nowhere and try to say that we should just let these groups walk all over us.

People like me huh? Do you mean people like me who call up city parks departments asking them what they plan to do about disc golf courses lost to softball fields? Or maybe you mean people like me who help organize fund raising for a new 18 hole course on Clear Lake? Or maybe you're talking about people who try to identify area parks for future disc golf courses? You've got me pegged all wrong.

The changes to the Mozola to accommodate the skatepark minimally affected the course. Hole 1 was removed and the old hole 9 was split into two holes. Sure it is a shame that the course had to be changed, but the park is a public park and we share it with joggers, bikers, families, bums and now skate boarders.

Originally Posted by leafylinks

If everyone had your attitude, there wouldn't be any courses left because trust me, they are ready to come in and remove disc golf at any chance they get. Why dont you go ahead and throw the rest of your discs in the bayou and just go hang out at the skatepark and do us all a favor.

If every disc golfer had the attitude you've exhibited here I imagine it would be even harder to get land for courses. No city parks board would give space to people besot by paranoia (They are ready to come in and remove disc golf are they?) who's first reaction to an alternate point of view is to launch into ad hominem attacks.

Fortunately most disc golfers I've met are friendlier folk, and the skatepark has never caused me any concern during a round out at Mazola.