Park users, groups decry proposed state park cuts
Quick ReadThe Brentwood Soccer Club president can't understand why the state would spend $9 million to develop Brentwood State Park and then consider closing it.
Photo credit: Dave Sanders | Brentwood State Park is one of many parks in danger of being closed because of budget concerns. (Feb. 12, 2010)
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Photos: Heckscher State Park
Brentwood Soccer Club president Violette Smith can't understand why the state would spend $9 million to develop Brentwood State Park and then consider closing it a year later.
"It makes no common sense," said Smith, who lobbied for years to have athletic fields constructed at the park used by 1,000 children in her club along with several adult leagues and baseball teams. "I'm fuming."
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