Comments on: Illuminating: Bike Polo Court

By: Chauncey Graves

Chauncey Graves — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:06:03 +0000

@Grizzled Mission Yes, this IS an inspiring story: that consistent involvement at 7-10 open public meetings (10 polo players at least for every meeting of 80 to 100 neighbors) and getting a polo player onto the Dolores Park renovation steering committee is almost certain to result in a dedicated court for this fringe sport. We pitched it at ALL the public planning meetings as an “multi purpose” court: suitable for tai chi in the early morning, teaching kids to ride bikes after school etc…The architects hired to run the public input planning phase of the project were very supportive by keeping our request for a mulit use court from being at odds with tennis players; they shoe-horned in an additional court; same number of tennis courts, one basketball court and the new multi-use court that just happens to have rounded corners: yes, San Francisco, our GOLD PLATED CITY-that-knows-how paid for one of the first polo specific courts in north America. Thank you to City of San Francisco and Recreation and Park Department!

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 21:30:31 +0000

Sort of

By: Bill W

Bill W — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:16:04 +0000

This is immensely depressing

By: Truth

Truth — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:46:49 +0000

Today a 40-year-old man learns how money works.

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 06:30:41 +0000

Cheaper than constant police babysitting.

By: Missionish

Missionish — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 03:45:55 +0000

A sign that the end is near.

By: Grizzled Mission

Grizzled Mission — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 01:07:17 +0000

If it’s real, and me and my ten friends can really go to the city and get it to drop hundreds of thousands of dollars on the game we like to play, I have completely misunderstood my civics lessons. Only the Koch brothers could exert enough political pressure to obtain public spending that benefits only them, right?

By: anadromy

anadromy — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:57:11 +0000

Um. wha’?

By: scum

scum — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 21:15:20 +0000

Best post of the year, so far.

By: Grizzled Mission

Grizzled Mission — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 18:10:27 +0000

April 1 is still three weeks away.