P-I Editorial Skate-Board: take 2

“Heaven knows, the city has kicked the urban skateboard community around in pursuit of big bucks, jobs and the glitz of a new home for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. When the city sold land that included a former skate park to the foundation, officials estimated that the Center could receive a $22 million windfall. A new home for skating was anticipated before the demolition of the old facility. Never happened.”

Read the complete text of the editorial here and  the ensuing ‘Sound Off’ commentary madness here.