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Accounting For Disparities In City Parks, Criticism And Compliments For Local Councilmembers

Source: Retrofresh via flickrThe efforts of local politicians to beautify their neighborhoods is easily reflected in the quality of parks. The New York Times is reporting [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/nyregion/state-of-citys-parks-varies-according-to-officials-priorities.html?pagewanted=1] that quality of local parks depends not on how much private donations

Video: MBNA Continues To Discuss BBQ Ban

On Wednesday, we told you all about the barbecue-hatin’ Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association’s Monday meeting, in which they presented a petition from the barbecue-lovin’ Manhattan Beach Community Group [/mbna-bbq-ban-critics-once-supported-a-ban/]. That petition, drawn up in 2007, before the two groups split and when current MBNA leaders actually ran the MBCG

Parks Commish Dismisses Manhattan Beach Concerns

Despite numerous complaints and pleas from local leadership, a two year battle to remove concrete planters [/tag/concrete-planters/] in Manhattan Beach has culminated in a dismissive letter from the Brooklyn chief of the Parks Department. Community Board 15 Chairperson Theresa Scavo received a letter from Parks Department Brooklyn Borough Commissioner