Press Enterprise Coverage disappointing

It is rather disappointing that the Press Enterprises new reporter to Grand Terrace is taking so long to get to know the new assignment. I wonder if she knows that the baseball Team earns a significant amount of money from the concession stand at the ball park, and of course the firework sales which put all our safety at risk. The financial details are available for the Base ball team they spend nearly 13,000.00 for trophies.

How much of the cost for the soccer team is for trophies? This is not a must have. If a child is playing for a trophy the motivation is wrong.

Mr. Hilkey's opinion that the children using the park should pay for the park is in character, with his other public statements regarding youth activities. I don't recall the youth or parents being asked to pay for the "improvements" before they were done. If they were asked perhaps they would have said, no we will play on the bad fields that were in existence at the time.

The cost of the upkeep of these parks is not only for the sports teams, how about the excessive treading on the lawn of Grand Terrace Days, the Regular Resident who uses the parks during the week to entertain their young children, or all those women who walk on the track...

Perhaps the city could open for bid the use of the Snack Bar as a full time concession opportunity for an outdoor after school hangout/ and homework center which sells healthy snacks to the Latch Key Youth in our community... Woops, they might provide a service to non sport playing youth... dare not do that.

Public Service is not the goal here. There is more to this story, perhaps the PE could do more in depth research and reporting in the future. How are the funds spent by the teams? Where do their contributions come from? How much is spend by the city and for what? Simple fact finding is in order.