LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Posted on 23 January 2014 by LeslieM

RE: North pavilion

Dear Editor:

Hope this letter finds you well. I know you have more pressing issues than worrying about this beach goer who has been a well-respected voter of this community for more than 20 years.

I have been faithfully going to the north side of the pier ever since I attended Deerfield Beach High School (in 1985). As a teenager, my friends and I would ride our bikes up to the beach and hang out there all day long.

I grew up, got married, had children — and my children grew up north of the pier as well.

I adore my town. I want to grow old here. I spend most of my mornings walking from the pavilion to the Boca jetty and back as way to exercise my mind, body and soul. On days where I can spend the entire day there, I boogie board, play Kadima, hit the volleyball around and sometimes paddle board … all the things that I CANNOT DO south of the pier!

I say all this because, every year, I faithfully buy my parking sticker, but on Monday morning when I pulled up to the North Pavilion and parked in my usual space, I noticed a new sign that NO ONE ever said anything about!

My heart was deeply saddened that someone decided to cast aside us faithful, voting, tax paying, city residents … and for what? For [money]? Did you even think about us when this decision was made? Why didn’t you create maybe one or two spots just for us, like you have at the Main Beach Parking Lot?

Please, I don’t want to hear that we can drop off our stuff with someone and then walk from where we can park. I don’t want to hear excuses or rationalizations for a very poor decision made by the ones I voted for. I am not one to put you down, threaten or be angry about something that we, together, can create a solution for.

As a voting, tax paying, upstanding citizen of Deerfield Beach, I [make a] motion that whoever is in charge of this situation take time to discuss and vote on creating 1 or 2 spots at the North Pavilion for faithful sticker-buying beach goers like myself. I know there must be more of us out there! Can I get a second?

Thanks for your consideration and for your service to this constituent!

Diana Santiago Rice

Deerfield Beach

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