Posted by Curumdgeon, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood, on Jun 9, 2009 at 4:34 pm

I hate to be a Curmudgeon but...

The city spent 8 million dollars for softball players.

There are maybe 100 softball players in Pleasanton.

This is a regional field. I'm sure the softball community

in the east bay will enjoy it. P-town will pay the tab.

Posted by JP, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Jun 9, 2009 at 4:56 pm

Hey Curmudge....the first fields are "Baseball" and there are lot's of baseball and softball players in P-Town or have you never been to the Sports Park? and the cost of this park also includes all of the infrastructure for the entire 50 acre Sports park that will have tennis, soccer, football, lacrosse and lots and lots of paths and trees...and who knows...maybe even a small area for curmudgeons...small, very small as I bet there are way less curmudgeons than ball players...

Posted by Curmudgeion, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood, on Jun 9, 2009 at 8:05 pm

Touche'

Posted by Claudette McDermott, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Jun 13, 2009 at 8:14 pm

I hope the city holds off spending more money when our schools are being cut and our teachers are being let go..... One Sports park is enough in these hard economic times.

Posted by All Sports Fan, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Jul 23, 2009 at 12:45 pm

As you enter our lovely city the tall park lights greet you, framing a lovely ridge view. Yuck. The huge light poles are out of scale and why is it we need another ball field? Where is the teen center? Community park? Expanded library?

Next they'll be trying to remove the roundabouts of Canyon Oaks because they pose a traffic hazard. I guess we'll have to pick up the tab on that one too.