Say Goodbye To Public Parks?
16 July 2001 - 7:00am
As we lose ever more of our public spaces, the Christian Science Monitor asks: Would you give up your tax refund to save a park?
"Remember those formerly lovely public places - libraries, schools, parks, pools - to which we Americans were once accustomed? We've been paying taxes to support them, but over the past few decades not enough money has managed to trickle down and nourish them... This decline in public institutions is not just an urban phenomenon. It's happening in some suburban and rural areas as well."
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The Christian Science Monitor, July 15, 2001
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