Rachel_Rae wrote:
Keep in mind I am new...
Is there a Hamilton Park board or alliance?

If so does it hold benefits/ fundraisers?

Also, I am curious about adding recycling bins, and possibly information pamphlets handed out to park users.

While I am not in favor of confrontational behavior, a little passive aggressive smiling and talking goes a long way.

I would volunteer to do it myself :)

Rachel_Rae wrote:
I just moved to Jersey City from Brooklyn, NY and it is pretty shocking how few "progressive people" live here. Including all of the people ranting about the "Hooligans, and BB types" that a simple basketball court attracts.

Basketball is a $3.2 billion business within this country and I am sure the sport attracts both good folks and not so good folks just the same.

I am sorry to have to lift my eye brow and wonder if some of these complaints about the courts being preserved has some racist, classist, undertones.

Litter is a problem within many urban communities and can only be combated by educating park users.

I am actually in favor of a court lock down if users can not keep it clean. Self policing is the best way to ensure we take care of our neigborhood, and mob confrontations will probably cause tension between groups, and possibly even violence or vandalism.

In Brooklyn there are many progressive communities that are also extremely diverse, both culturally and socioeconomically.
No way do I think there will be 100% peace and harmony within any urban community, however I do think there is an interesting balance in BK. I was hoping to find a similar, but smaller version of this in JC.

Either way I hope BB court users get it together and I also hope this community exhibits a bit more tolerance and tact when dealing with public issues.

Nice thought BUT... Big but.....
My friggen tax hikes this year alone paid for more than enough. You ask me to pay for a dog run or tennis courts and I might @#$#$%^&%^ you!! I would have agreed if the politics in this city were even half way honest but they already have us property owners pretty locked up

12345 wrote:
Amy;
Sorry if I was not clear. Use of the park should be free. I am referring to use of the tennis court, dog run, basketball should be for a fee; one fee for all. It could be $15.00 per year. The point is that the fee will pay the salary for someone to be there full time to enforce the rules. I have seen this done in public parks elsewhere in NJ and it works great. The fee also permits you to bring free guests. And stops out of towners from getting membership.

I will gladly pay $50.00/per year to have an attendant enforcing the rules. But this city is so messed up that you would prefer to have a police officer who makes $80,000.00/year standing there all summer enforcing the rules.

$20 X 500 memberships = $10,000.00 a nice summer job.

A police officer standing around all summer = a waste of taxpayer money.

icechute wrote:
This thread should be adapted and put on Broadway.

I think that everyone who wants to use the park should have to pay an annual fee for a license to use it. No license? You can't go in the park. You get caught littering, not picking up after your dog? License revoked, get the f out, you can't use the park. Want to use the park again? 10 hours of mandatory park service. Do it again, BANNED for a year.

The park needs some kind of authority to enforce rules. It shouldn't be up to the citizens to go around and make people clean up after themselves. I could just imagine what kind of response I would get telling a bunch of kids to clean up and throw their junk out.

Vigilante wrote:

When you guys did your boobs maybe you should've had the nose done too.

robotjustin wrote:
Boy, the park is really nice!

My only concern is about some of the people with dogs.

I saw multiple owners letting their furry buddies relieve themselves (both #1 and #2) in close proximity to children and families in what I believe is the no-pet part of the park.

Even if you pick it up, poop will still leave a residue on the grass which is definitely a health hazard to the little kids I saw running around on / rolling in / eating of / crawling upon / the grass.

Maybe someone from the dog community could help to organize an awareness campaign about the dangers of mixing pooches and kiddies, and make sure everybody keeps it safe and healthy.

Amy wrote:
Ideally, some people would be willing to carry their trash out of the park. I don't mean dog waste, since that's a bit much, but food waste. I know some state-run parks have few to no garbage cans and signs asking the public to please take their trash with them. Maybe that's a budget thing, but people seem to comply. So let's see...We could keep the garbage cans we have and encourage people who litter to use them, and we could ask some more progressive people to carry out their trash. They would bring it home rather than simply dump it just outside the park.