Comments on: Police Kill Fun in Dolores Park

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By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:30:23 +0000

The police should be focusing on drunk drivers and theft in our city. There is no problem with having a few drinks in the park on a sunny afternoon. Sure people need to learn to pick up after themselves, but the police should be giving littering citations, not open containers.

By: wheres the WC

wheres the WC — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:06:38 +0000

The neighborhood association that is so invested in “cleaning up” Dolores Park should insist on more toilets and trash cans in the park to curb the public urination and littering. Empowering the cops to enforce the open-container law is an underhanded, and misdirected way to address the real problems the community seems to be ranting about.

By: Respectful

Respectful — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:12:02 +0000

I don’t think the police killed the fun, I think “we” killed the fun.

I live near the park, I drink in the park, I eat in the park, I walk my dog in the park, and, you know what?…I clean up after myslef.

I love Dolores Park. And I wish more people respected the park instead of abusing it.

I walk my dog through the park every morning and am always amazed at the amount of trash, litter, broken glass and garffiti left behind. Really? Did these folks never learn to clean up after themselves? Was it not required of them growing up?

To be clear, I have no gripe with drinking in the park. What I do have a problem with is the aftermath of people not cleaning up after themselves (if the trash cans are full, bring your crap with you and dump it appropriately!).

An even more serious nuisance is all the BROKEN GLASS (I have had to pull glass out of my dogs paws on numerous occasions) and half smoked joints (I know of two dogs who have nearly died due to cunsuming left over pot).

Jesus, it’s so easy. Just be respectful and the cops (and neighbors) won’t be so heavy handed.

Whew, that was a long-winded rant.

By: Capp

Capp — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:23:11 +0000

I think the police realized people in slightly worse parts of this neighborhood (like Capp and S Van Ness) have been complaining that police are giving tickets in the park while not responding to calls about fights and robberies over here. trust me i know. i saw a lady get socked in the face and the police took 15 minutes to drive 2 blocks.

Drinking in the park after work is really not a big deal.

By: jimbeam

jimbeam — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:42:41 +0000

This is a waste of city money as they’re going after people engaged in victimless crimes.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:48:14 +0000

“War, health care and poverty… meh…”

I’m sorry, did I miss the part where hipsters didn’t protest against the war en masse? Vote in a president who promised healthcare and better services for the poor? And to end the war?

Just what exactly should hipsters be doing? It’s an interesting question for me because so many hipsters seem to be skirting the line of poverty themselves (however voluntary that may be) and for the most part seem to be fine with it. If they’re happy about being poor – and indeed, fashionably poor is in – why would they prioritize fighting poverty? And if they’re not really happy with it – what actions should they be taking that would be more satisfactory to the people that complain that keeping AA out of the Mission is a worthless cause?

By: Olivia

Olivia — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:41:47 +0000

Now if only there was a designated area for dogs to pee…

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:57:00 +0000

If the police presence makes you feel unsafe you probably weren’t familiar with the park in the early to mid-90s when gunshots between drug-dealing gangs (there was brazen 24/7 dealing in the park and therefore few legitimate users at that time) were not uncommon. I’ve lived on the Church Street side for almost 20 years and the reason the park is used so heavily today is the police presence that makes it safe.

The Park is supposed to close at 11 pm; there used to be signs but they’re long gone. Biggest problem now is not daytime drinking but all-night loud parties. I don’t care if people use the park to get quietly wasted but geez keep the noise down. And take out your trash with you! And stop using YOUR park as a toilet!

ok rant over.

By: sean

sean — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:02:24 +0000

R-e-v-e-n-u-e!

Notice that parking citations have gone up as well?

By: Drinking in Dolored Park, beware

Drinking in Dolored Park, beware — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:21:20 +0000

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By: one

one — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:15:38 +0000

btw, no one cowers behind their venetian blinds – ha, ha you made a funny about uptight old people and their long out of date venetian blinds.

I don’t suppose it ever occurs to you that maybe the people who live on Dolores Park, don’t want the entire fucker filled park to know where they live. easy enough for THEM to attack a neighbor and run away home.

of course you didn’t you self-centerd twit.

By: one

one — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:13:05 +0000

NIMBYs in your face? fuck I’ve lived here 90% of my life and wanting people to clean the fuck up after themselves does NOT make me a nimby. you’re the kind of people who think filth and shit is ‘authentic.’

thanks for ruining a perfectly nice parks you zombie fucks.

By: sergio

sergio — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:42:49 +0000

I live across the st. from dolores park and I don’t have a problem with people having fun in the park, but when the fun goes all the way till 2 in the morning and in many times till 4 or 5 in the morning than I get a little angry. This happens every weekend and every other sunny day during the week. Having said that, this is without counting all the idiots who urinate in front of my driveway, where my 2 year old daughter plays because the park is too disgusting to play in. The reason, all the shit that people leave behind when they get drunk, such as cigarrette butts, bottle lids, paper bags, bottles and sometimes even underwear. So for those who think that they don’t do any harm by having just a little “fun” at dolores park, please think twice about it. Don’t forget that people actualy live there.