Letter to the editor about skateboard parks

Dear Roxanne Hack, On March 23, 2014 around 5:00 a.m., Logan Wells was struck by a car and killed all while trying to enjoy his love of skate boarding on a street named Secretariat Way. To think that this young 16 year olds life could have been saved by a simple skate park infuriates me. A skate park would be a simple solution to protecting numerous skateboarders all around Yorba Linda including Logan.
If the city has numerous soccer parks, baseball fields, basketball courts, and tracks, why can we not add one simple skate park in Yorba Linda. It would provide a safe haven for all skate boarders around Yorba Linda. I thought that the death of Logan Wells would bring to light a huge undergoing problem of not having a skate park, but even after Logan’s unfortunate incident the mayor of Yorba Linda, Craig Young, still has not taken any action towards building a skate park. The mayor, Craig Young, later stated that “I don’t see the connection between the accident and the need for a skate park” which absolutely boggles my mind. It is as clear glass to me that there is a connection between Logan and the skate park. One simple skate park close to Logan’s home could have prevented him from skating around the dangerous streets and being struck by a car.
There are people who seem to think that the death of Logan Well’s is being used as propaganda for building a skate park and see no real need for the building of a skate park. They argue that Logan was skating at 5 a.m. in the morning and that any supposed skate park would be closed, but there are numerous skate parks open 24 hours a day and the one that could have prevented this horrific accident could have easily been one of them. Even if the skate park in Yorba Linda wasn’t open 24 hours a day it would still prevent numerous injuries and accidents involving skaters. Building a skate park would also keep skaters from skating around stores, parking lots, and schools where they are usually unwanted visitors. There