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A letter to the editor from Skip and Denese Matthes in Boulder Creek
EDITOR, At the September meeting of the Boulder Creek Recreation and Park District board, directors voted unanimously to rename the Dam Park after former manager Barbara Day. In 2000, a lawsuit was won by the United States Justice Foundation against BCRPD for public records violations. The BCRPD withheld records from a director. The manager was the only employee in charge of records. She could not produce the records, costing the district $20,000. Missing receipts indicated another $20,000 is unaccounted for. This employee was replaced in 2004. The new employee requested extra hours, money and help to straighten out the records. Directors George Galt and Paul Storm voted “yes” each time, acknowledging the disorganized state. According to the Press-Banner, March 7, 2008: current manager Christina Horvat stated there was a 50-year buildup of papers so disorganized it was impossible to find any particular record. March 14, 2008: director Storm stated that record keeping was in a terrible state. Aug. 31, 2007: directors Eric Hammer and Tess Fitzgerald said they spent more than 400 hours straightening records. Former director Terrell and several community members worked hard and secured a $25,000 grant to help satisfy requirements to reinstall the dam. Terrell resigned, and director Galt promised to follow through with the project. He didn’t. The grant expired, hence there will be no dam. It is appropriate to rename the park. However, why not honor Julio and Georgina Locatelli, who donated parkland, Pete Robustelli and Hoot Cress, who were instrumental in forming BCRPD, or Alice Wilder, who served many years as director and secretary? These are some of the citizens who served BCRPD. These are your directors — Eric Hammer, George Galt, Paul Storm, Tess Fitzgerald, Kevin Perry, typical government bureaucrats doing nothing but honoring themselves and aggrandizing an employee who basically did nothing for 30 years except collect a paycheck and benefits via your tax dollars.
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