Skate Boarders a Problem!?

Last week there was an article in my local town paper about skate boarder's becoming a problem in our area. It was basically a rambling about how these 'skateboarders' create too much noise and do not abide by the signs saying 'no skateboards allowed.' I am sure we have all seen them. These signs have a picture of a skateboard and roller blades with a big ol' red circle with an slash through them.

I have a big issue with one of the statements, about how they are becoming a nuisance. Hah! What a joke! For one, there is more noise created in these local towns created by cars with radios blasting in the wee hours of the night, and there is more noise created by construction workers and peoples barking goddamn dogs that they never bring inside. More noise than any kid on a frigging skateboard could EVER create.

I didn't know the sound of rolling wheels passing you by for 10 seconds is such a distraction. I live in the town of Mastic Beach, and work out in Moriches. I have seen a large amount of skateboarders this summer season, however I have not once ever had a problem with these kids. They roll by and maybe jump a staircase...if anything they are works of art. Yet where one disagrees, one agrees that they are 'annoying'. How so though, is beyond me. I don't see how kids on boards could possibly add noise, and bring the value of a neighborhood down.

If my town is seriously having an issue with kids on skateboards maybe they should spend their time worrying about peoples dogs roaming the streets, or the trash that litters these once clean sidewalks where these kids skate. Maybe they should worry about cars that have radios so loud it shakes the house. But no, they are too concerned about new ways to ticket kids for getting exercise, and getting outdoors doing something recreational. This is pathetic!

Would these complainers rather these kids sit inside all day getting fat while they play video games, or would they rather have them join gangs and sit at street corners picking up drugs. These people should be more concerned about things that ACTUALLY effect our community, verse a few kids on a set of wheels rolling through the town.