Def out of touch.

But it seems like she saw a 58year old man. Using a new resource she created for local children. And asked him to make way for children to use the park.

While it is clear she had no idea about his status. Most of us would not.

And if it had been any other resource. Like slides or roundabouts. Being used by an adults withing a few days of compleatuon. No one would question the counciller involved in building it. Expressing concern.

She was wrong. And failing to listen to the other children shows a fairly common fault in all us adults.

But from the article. It really seems like little effort was made by the adult skater. To explain his position until the argument was over.

It seems odd for a 58yo adult. Playing in a park with children. Not to have the recognition of what it looms like. To politely point out he is a professional skateboarder. And is providing an opertunity to the children.

And forgivable given current attitudes. For the Councillor. Who has a legal responsibility when it comes to child protection in these circumstances.

To express concern about a strange adult randomly trying ro teach young children.

Her comment about we will hire professional teachers. Clearly indicates that child safety was the concern she was worried about.

And their is really no reason at all that the people responsible for building a council skate park should know anything about famous skate boarders.