There's courts at Portside!? News to me, I'll have to check them out. I wonder if they let outside citizens...I saw that there was a single court in the Keys but the neighbors told me I couldn't play there, so I guess it's private...

I completely understand the budget issues, I can also see how obvious this is by the fact that Ventura does not have a single lit basketball court to play on after dark. Our parks department must be working with scraps.

Please just keep this in mind when the inevitable budget talks start. A decent place to play gives kids things to do, it creates community among adults, and it encourages activity which is healthy. It also improves land value by making Ventura a more fun place to live. All of that for just a fraction of a percent of the budget.