By reporter Steven Smalley
At least one Magnolia resident has had it with the dogs and their owners who frequent the dog park on 28th Avenue. Here is their edited letter to Magnolia Voice. Strap in.
?Just saw two women wrestle each other to the ground, slapping each other and grappling as they fell and rolled around on top of one another. It started when they were arguing about their dog?s behavior ? who was in the wrong, how it wasn?t a puppy?s fault, etc. They had already been yelling at each other for a while when one suddenly pushed the other very hard, and it went on from there. A passerby had to come and physically separate them. They walked away still yelling at each other and frankly, without the man?s intervention, it would have continued even further.
WHEN is this neighborhood going to realize that this park has been a
travesty for all of us who live around the perimeter? While there are some
decent people who are quiet and obey the rules of this park, most do NOT.
There is continued noise, filth, off-leash running, dog fights, and people
fights. Whenever we ask them to alter their behavior they act as if WE are
in the wrong. Such entitlement disease!
I hear there are plans to build a second park under the Magnolia Bridge,
which is where this kind of park belongs, where it doesn?t disturb anyone!
When are you going to [say] what the REALITY of this park is, and
not bow down to the political pressure of COLA and all the other ?Dog
People? who spin and spin their P.R. that this is such a wonderful thing for
this neighborhood??? It isn?t!!!?