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Of Parks and People (Part 2)

19/08/08 | 9 Comments

As a young girl laid in her bed, butterflies swarmed in her belly with anticipation of the first day of school that awaits when she opens her eyes. A freshman no more, young Shaneick Golden would be starting her sophomore year at the V.
But her dreams of walking the halls of Vashon were violently [...]

Of Parks and People (Part 1)

17/08/08 | 6 Comments

As most of my readers know, I was elected a couple of weeks ago as the new Democratic Committeeman of the 21st Ward. One of the issues I raised in the campaign was the state of one of our ward’s beautiful parks, O’Fallon Park.
Located on West Florissant Ave, near Interstate 70, the park is one [...]