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January 10, 2008
Berkeley Bureaucrats Move Against Memorial Park Benches
In a moonbat sanctuary like Berkeley, not many things escape strict regulation on account of their offensiveness. Now even memorial park benches are subject to a bureaucratic crackdown. Intones Deputy City Manager Lisa Caronna:
We're getting more and more requests for memorial benches, but we can't just keep adding benches indefinitely. Do we want plaques and memorials strewn over our public parks? A lot of people are offended by it — they feel that the reminders of other people's family and friends diminishes the feeling of freedom and peace you're supposed to have in a public park.
It used to be anyone willing to pay $1,200 for installation costs could dedicate a bench to a loved one. But now the City Council may require that there be "a transcendent relationship between the park and the individual" unless the departed "has made an outstanding contribution to the Berkeley community." The city's Parks and Recreation Commission would have to approve nominations.
The proliferation of memorial benches was actually started by Berkeley bureaucrats themselves back in the 1990s, when the city was short on cash and encouraged citizens to pitch in for public amenities.
If they cut down on the benches, where will the Bay Area's hordes of homeless people sleep? Maybe Berkeley will start issuing them these:
On a tip from dpt.
Posted by Van Helsing at January 10, 2008 10:07 AM
Comments
>>....but we can't just keep adding benches indefinitely.>>
She should have stopped there.
Posted by: KHarn at January 10, 2008 1:52 PM
Cripes, is there anything that doesn't offend these people? I say put them on some kind of work detail; the obviously have too much time on their hands.
Posted by: Pam at January 10, 2008 5:35 PM
