You’ve probably been reading the series of unfortunate incidents at Dolores Park – the $100,000 joyride, vandals, trash, glass in the sandbox. Now some good news.
SF Park’s Department’s Connie Chan announces that CEMEX has donated some new sand for the playground.
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today that CEMEX donated 20 tons of sand to Mission Dolores Park today. The donation will replace the sand that was removed after vandals smashed bottles leaving glass shards throughout the Helen Diller Playground sandbox.
“We are grateful to have the generous support from our business community leader like CEMEX,” said Phil Ginsburg, SF Rec and Park General Manager. “We all benefit when San Franciscans come together and do the right thing to take care of our parks.”
On February 19, 2015, vandals smashed beer bottles against sandbox concrete walls resulting large amount of glass shattered and scattered into the sand. SF Rec and Park crew had to clear out almost 20 tons of sand out of the sandbox in Helen Diller Playground at Mission Dolores Park. The sandbox was not safe for play until all sand was cleared and replaced.
“CEMEX is a leader in the building materials industry and we’ve been a part of helping San Francisco grow and change for decades — whether it’s the Transbay Terminal or the new Bay bridge,” said Sara Engdahl, Director of Communications, CEMEX USA. “Our aggregates help build the foundation for new ventures. It’s a real pleasure to help ensure the prompt re-opening of the sandbox at the playground.”
THE DOLORES DUMP.
This development is not unexpected. It is the inevitable result of the influx of those with little sense of the history of, or commitment to, the preservation of our communities for all residents. This sense of ‘entitlement and privilege’ is on display every day. The most effective way to deal with such unconscious, selfish behavior is often by ‘hitting them where it hurts’, and I don’t mean physical confrontation. This is an extreme option and I’m sure will be almost universally rejected, but maybe once a month the workers could only ‘clean up’ those items that pose the most serious potential problems, broken glass etc, and leave the rest for the retards to wade through the following weekend. Admittedly this would not be pleasant for regular weekday users but sometimes serious situations require drastic actions, even if only temporarily. It might even motivate the community to form “Citizen Patrols” to police the mindless mob. It would also help if adequate recycling and garbage receptacles were in place