Sharraxaadda
kids playing basketball illigal in street. My car hit rim at nite cause they lleave in strreet at nite and chairs. Kids come from other streets and liter and parents donothing about it. causing a big problem.
Wariyaha
kids playing basketball illigal in street. My car hit rim at nite cause they lleave in strreet at nite and chairs. Kids come from other streets and liter and parents donothing about it. causing a big problem.
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sunnydale (Martida)
craven (Martida)
Illiteracy reigns!!!!
Talk to them nicely, explain that they need to clear the street at night, someone may accidentally run over and ruin their hoop. Kids have been playing in the streets for years. It is better than them running the streets and getting into trouble. Be a little more tolerant.
one of the neighborhood (Martida)
Anonymous (Martida)
citygirl (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
COMMON SENSE (Martida)
citygirl (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Common sense: I agree with you. We have had the cops called on us and they showed up to tell us to stop playing in the streets and we had a group of great neighborhood kids.
It is an item for discussion however because it is against city ordinance and it does put kids and drivers in danger. Those are the facts. We have to come up with something for the kids to do though! I would much rather deal with kids playing basketball in the street than causing trouble in dark corners. And there are too many unsafe dark corners in our city, some of which are public parks where they should be able to play!
one of the neighborhood (Martida)
Anonymous (Martida)
citygirl (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
We were parents who were out there playing with and supervising our group of kids while they were playing, the basketball hoop wasn't even in the street. We were directing the kids out of the way of drivers because they were in the game and we made sure they moved when they didn't see. We still got called on by the police and my husband spoke with them because it is against city ordinace and we could have gotten fined pretty heftily if the cop didn't have mercy on us.
The point is , we need to work together as a community. If you don't have kids be a little more patient as long as they are doing something constructive. Call the police on them when they are spraying graffiti or peddling drugs not when they are playing basketball.
Many kids don't have involved parents and need adults encouraging them instead of scowling at them.
The only open school in this area is Pontiac High. As far as I know , they have no outdoor basketball hoops. Lebaron is closed and unfortunately , if there are no supervising adults , is an unsafe hang out.
Bottomline,we cannot rely on city government and the police to help our community, we need to invest in it ourselves and sometimes that means a bit of care and unselfishness.
It is the citizens that make the community , not the politicians or city workers who don't even live here.
peanut (Martida)
jolly rancher (Martida)
Anonymous (Martida)
tom withrow (Martida)
onenneighborhood (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)