Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

I am getting a little irritated with the parks department.

I wanted to take the family out this afternoon for a picnic lunch after going through the drive through. However for some reason our parks (Victory and Sycamore) no longer have picnic tables. The two shelter houses were rented or reserved and that was the only available tables.

The kids like to play on the playground at Victory Park and I find that is has been removed in the middle of summer Why would the city remove the equipment in the peak of the time it would be used?

I was going to not say anything about this but during the July 4th and the Heritage festival there was a band playing on Sunday evening on the 6th. I wish I could remember the name. However I think they were inappropriate for family viewing or listening. Their lyrics were filled with references to drug use ''getting stoned, weed and when my wife asked my what ''714'' was we got up and left after I told her). The city spends a ton of money over the years for the DARE program only to then hire some two bit band to make light of drug use. Drugs are illegal and they should not be part of what the public is paying to listen to. This band says it had played at PAPA BOO'S at Buckeye Lake. That sort of music may all right in a bar but not for a family audience.

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where did there used to be picnic tables at victory park?

i'm sure you're right that there used to be some, but i can't remember where they would have been.

i think sycamore still has some up by the pond.

Picnic?

Try packing a lunch and take a blanket for your impromptu picnic.

ORRRR eat your fast food ''PICNIC'' lunch on a table at MCD's.

Geesh!

No parks

The board of health condemed Victory park because of the recent flood water. Sitting on the ground is not a good idea. If we wanted to eat our meal inside why bother going the MCD? We are paying taxes for a park and one thing we like to do is eat a lunch every once in a while outside where we are not looking the neighbor's dog in the butt while he does his business. In the past there have been tables that were not in the shelter houses. I guess in the middle of the summer you simply can't enjoy our parks.