Regarding the maintenance of our city parks: I have seen my share of vandalism, graffiti and garbage dumping.

I recently confronted a man who was putting large bags of garbage into a Dumpster. I talked to him, thinking he didn’t realize he was breaking the law. He gave me a list of four-letter words and told me to mind my own business. I told him the park belonged to me as a citizen as well as to him.

I occasionally see many other large kitchen bags in the Dumpster. A couple of months later, I saw a couch left there, and later, an overstuffed chair.

The Dumpster has since been removed. Surprise.

At times our building that houses our restrooms has been locked due to graffiti and vandalism. We had a portable outhouse. It also has been vandalized.

Many of the park participants know each other, talk about these situations so they can be on the lookout for these criminals.

Possibly we should have a parks, police and citizens meeting so that concerned citizens can be informed, alerted and able to voice their opinions and suggestions.

– Linda Howard