Child's Play
Child-proofing the city so well that there are no children here: Not enough, on either count! People can't have a great city without great parks ["Playground of the Rich," Joe Eskenazi, Your Humble Narrator, 9/3]. S.F. should do all it can to keep improving parks and public spaces, and to keep the city livable for families with children.
Robert S.
A San Francisco parent responds: I was just recently told that my kids can't play in the courtyard where I live, and when I asked, "Well then where are they supposed to play?" the lady responded with, "Anywhere but here!" I can't believe it.
Shiva T.
Blog Comments 0x000Aof the Week
Short film packs a wallop: Wow, and yes, I felt the same way [as the writer] that he walks into the bay or jumps off the bridge ["'Only Blood': Thoughtful Short Film Features San Francisco," Mollie McWilliams, the Exhibitionist, 8/3]. Why else would he pass on the only thing of value that he thinks he has (the shoes), since he realized that he would never be a part of his daughter's life (if all of that were more than dream)? This is a very powerful 14 minutes of film.
Joan D.
Reader points to business impact of closing down golf courses: Yeah, let's just start shutting down golf courses and putting the owners out of business ["Does S.F. Need Nine Golf Courses During This Drought?" Pete Kane, the Snitch, 9/2]. Not. Just because we're in a drought doesn't mean we all have to be a-holes.
Jerad T.
Another reader points to the fact the grass doesn't need to be green: Why not rethink them as [other golf courses have done]? Stop watering and re-landscape to make golf links. No one said that golf courses need to have green grass.
Judith H.
San Francisco doesn't change drastically while Burners are away: I call bullshit on the "S.F. is so chill when Burners are away" trope ["Classic Upper Haight Bars: Better When Burners Are Away?" Laura Jaye Cramer, SFoodie, 8/26]. I think it's just a snarky idea that sounds good to drive into the ground. Do the math of how many Burners there are in total, how many of those live in S.F., and how many of those would actually be in a neighborhood's bar during the week. Three? Five? Maybe a dozen tops, and would they all be drinking at the same time on the same night? Please. Also, Labor Day weekend is a pretty popular weekend to leave town, Burner or not. But with such a clickable headline, year after year it will be crowed. Yawn.
Jason
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