The park board actually listened to us and those lights are staying on until ten thirty like they should have been all along. I am just so relieved that we finally have some common sense prevailing over the grumpy complaints about field hours. Keep an eye on the schedule though …
There is a movement by a small but vocal group of Forest Gate residents who want to restrict this use of athletic field lighting limited to 9:00pm at the Oak Brook park district fields. As you know it is not even really dark at 9:00 pm during the summer, so this would effectively negate the use of lighting all together! We are asking you to support our request to keep the field lighting until 10:30 so the field can be used in the manner they were intended and allow our residents reasonable evening access to these fields.
As we said, a handful of no-fun grumps are getting listened to, we would like to get the voice heard from those who support the extended use of our fields. Please sign this petition so we can present our side and "even the playing field"!
I honestly did not think this would gain so much steam so quickly but here we are and it is wild to see so many people agreeing that nine o'clock is just way too early to shut the lights off. It feels like the tide is finally turning against those grumps who want to ruin our summer nights at the park. Keep that energy high because we need to show the district that the folks who actually use these fields have a lot more pull than the noisy few.
Reached 100 supporters
October 1, 2013
6 Comments
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Dave Fleming
12 years ago
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RIDICULOUS. We pay taxes for these facilities and we should be able to use them when it is actually dark out.
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Jessica Reid
12 years ago
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My son has practice until late and this would be a huge bummer for the team if they cut the lights. Keep them on!
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Sarah Liu
12 years ago
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The neighbors around the park knew there were fields there before they bought their houses. Stop trying to ruin it for everyone else.
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Mike Harris
12 years ago
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10:30 is totally fine. Kids need somewhere to play instead of just sitting at home playing video games all night.
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Jason Gallagher
12 years ago
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9pm is way too early. Just let people use the field. Why is everyone so obsessed with complaining about everything these days?
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Tom Norton
12 years ago
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Let the kids play.
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The park board actually listened to us and those lights are staying on until ten thirty like they should have been all along. I am just so relieved that we finally have some common sense prevailing over the grumpy complaints about field hours. Keep an eye on the schedule though …
There is a movement by a small but vocal group of Forest Gate residents who want to restrict this use of athletic field lighting limited to 9:00pm at the Oak Brook park district fields. As you know it is not even really dark at 9:00 pm during the summer, so this would effectively negate the use of lighting all together! We are asking you to support our request to keep the field lighting until 10:30 so the field can be used in the manner they were intended and allow our residents reasonable evening access to these fields.
As we said, a handful of no-fun grumps are getting listened to, we would like to get the voice heard from those who support the extended use of our fields. Please sign this petition so we can present our side and "even the playing field"!
I honestly did not think this would gain so much steam so quickly but here we are and it is wild to see so many people agreeing that nine o'clock is just way too early to shut the lights off. It feels like the tide is finally turning against those grumps who want to ruin our summer nights at the park. Keep that energy high because we need to show the district that the folks who actually use these fields have a lot more pull than the noisy few.
Reached 100 supporters
October 1, 2013
6 Comments
D
Dave Fleming
12 years ago
Featured
RIDICULOUS. We pay taxes for these facilities and we should be able to use them when it is actually dark out.
J
Jessica Reid
12 years ago
Featured
My son has practice until late and this would be a huge bummer for the team if they cut the lights. Keep them on!
S
Sarah Liu
12 years ago
Featured
The neighbors around the park knew there were fields there before they bought their houses. Stop trying to ruin it for everyone else.
M
Mike Harris
12 years ago
Featured
10:30 is totally fine. Kids need somewhere to play instead of just sitting at home playing video games all night.
J
Jason Gallagher
12 years ago
Featured
9pm is way too early. Just let people use the field. Why is everyone so obsessed with complaining about everything these days?
RIDICULOUS. We pay taxes for these facilities and we should be able to use them when it is actually dark out.