We here at SFist are ever the fans of civilized disagreement, and we shun all public meetings that devolve into crazy rantings by over-loud complainants, and/or shouting matches. But we just might have to show up at Mission High School tonight at 6 p.m. to watch the battle to the death between hipsters, parents, angry neighbors and the like over how Dolores Park has become too big of a sloppy party for its own good.
Now, a few choice quotes, via Mission Local, from both sides of the issue, which include several neighborhood splinter groups named Dolores Park Works, SafeCleanGreen, and the Dolores Heights Improvement Club:
"The park is dying from overuse and abuse." Deborah Bueti, a teacher at Everett Middle School who's lived nearby for 19-years, member of SafeCleanGreen.
"...That’s to say nothing of other problems like public drunkenness and urination, cigarette butts blanketing the turf, broken glass." -- Gideon Kramer, founder of SafeCleanGreen.
"I want to be able to go to the park and do whatever it is I want to do in the park for as long as I want to do it . Be responsibly irresponsible and leave no trace, those are our goals as an organization." Crystal Vann Wallstrom, who opposes the new police enforcement.
"No matter what we do, somebody’s upset. We have to try to strike a happy medium while assuring citizens are safe while they’re using Dolores Park." Mission station Police Captain Greg Corrales.
"It’s never going to be the quiet little Victorian oasis [the neighbors] want it to be." Robert Brust, member of the Dolores Heights Improvement Club.