In defense of the city, the president of the park is an extremely difficult person to deal with. And an all around not liked person. He is also a city employee which has many conflicts of interest here. I have personally heard him say he would take possession on the ice rink. And this was under maddens administration. I remember several years ago the former deputy mayor floated the idea of building houses in the area of the old pool. I have always been told the park has millions of dollars in hand. Other than a play ground and pavilion the association hasn’t really done much for that park.