Editor, The News:
Re: Three new off-leash areas (The News, Jan. 16).
I love my dog. She has a better life then a good percentage of the world’s children. But I strongly disagree with council taking away three playing fields to add to the three dog parks Maple Ridge already has.
Parks and recreation mentioned that it would save $27,000 in bags, which it will no longer supply.
A sheet of responsibilities for dog owners could be provided when we pay for our dog licence.
The parks board did neglect to tell us how much the fencing, labour, maintenance and the cost of the land would be for the new parks.
How much is a playground worth?
We need more parks for people to share with our loved ones. We still have people living on the streets. We do not even have garbage pickup. We have high taxes.
If we are looking for more ways to save money, I recommend stopping the provision of coffee, tea, muffins and bottled water during meetings at city hall.
Just 226 people took part and made comments regarding the new dog parks. That is less then one percent of the population of Maple Ridge.
Thousands of people signed a petition to stop a road through Upper Maple Ridge Park, destine to be a dog park now, and that was back when all the environmental groups worked together.
Lyn Peters
Maple Ridge