To be fair, I don't actually know who is behind the anti-sand push. But the arguments seem to be cat-based. Now, I know there's some feral cats in the area, but they don't seem to be exactly meowing down the gates. And if all area cats were somehow magically attracted to sand, the single smaller sand area would theoretically be more concentrated and therefore worse.
A more legitimate charge might be that there's more cigarette butts and other urban detritus mixed in the sand than would be nice — maybe this (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/05/20/city_looks_to_end_smoking_in_public_parks/) is something to bring up. And last year, the city dumped in a pile of nice clean fresh sand... it'd be nice to see that happen more regularly.
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Re: important for Hodgkins/Curtis Park
Date: 2008-10-21 07:53 pm (UTC)A more legitimate charge might be that there's more cigarette butts and other urban detritus mixed in the sand than would be nice — maybe this (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/05/20/city_looks_to_end_smoking_in_public_parks/) is something to bring up. And last year, the city dumped in a pile of nice clean fresh sand... it'd be nice to see that happen more regularly.