Thank you, Parks and Recreation

What a pleasure to write a post complimenting someone in the city for a change. In the two weeks since i first encountered and wrote about some selfish idiots driving over our neighborhood plantings to bring their cars into Duke Park, we've had a lot of behind the scenes discussion with Parks and Rec director Rhonda Parker about how best to prevent recurrences.

Yesterday, Durham police officer Taylor visited me on my block to talk about the new boulders that were installed yesterday afternoon, and to provide the neighborhood with contact information to call (outside of 911) if we have more morons trying to figure out ways to bring their cars into the park. I got a chance to check out the boulders this morning.

I'm sure we ended up getting more media coverage than we sought (Ray Gronberg of the Herald Sun and i talked at length about Duke Park, the current problem, and historical problems for a piece that appeared on Tuesday, and i turned down interview requests from two TV stations), but i'm hopeful that these steps are in the right direction.

Thanks again.