Today I Witnessed a Rape...

[XLFD]

I was out riding my bicycle on this nice October day by the residence of a lady I know.  She is beautiful, yet simple; she is the ward of a guardian, whose decisions are made for her.  She was adopted long ago with strict rules given by the parents as to how she was to be taken care of.  Recently, her guardianship has changed and the rules were mostly forgotten.

 

I noticed a truck that belonged to a friend of the new guardian.  Concealed by some nearby foliage, I seen him taking advantage of her.  Before I could do anything, I saw two more of the guardian's friends drive their vehicles up to her place, and they got out and joined in the assault.  I wanted to call 911, but knew the guardian was a co-worker and a very good friend of the local police chief, who would allow this to continue.  I sneaked off, disgusted, and went home to get my camera, so as to chronicle the nasty development to help her in the future.

 

When I got back, the vehicles had left and this poor lady was hurting.  She had multiple cuts all over her body, and they had even spray painted her all over. It looked painful and I took pictures of the hurt they had inflicted on her.  Before I could even think of doing more, they came back and brought some more friends with them.  The anguish I felt with not being to help this lady was great, but I went away while they came back at her.  Once again they assaulted her, cutting her up, damaging her beyond immediate repair.  I took more pictures of the carnage, but they paid little attention to me-- they knew I couldn't help her out, and they had weapons.

 

They continued this for the rest of the afternoon, cleaned up a little bit afterwards, and left.  I consoled her afterwards, but knew there was little I could do to help her before they would come back again and do worse to her.  Tomorrow the raping will continue.

 

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[AQUAMAN]

Thanks Mary, I'll try. You're right about the cleared flat-lands of other like parks. It would be a very costly and time consuming project to clear all the trees there, perhaps there is no rape at all, just another new idea for conformed usage, I do hope at least.

[XLFD]

To the East and west they do have posts, as Aq said, with chain link on the east:

They have removed quite a bit of ground cover and many smaller trees, and contrary to what Jen said earlier, the DPW did remove several larger trees, and there are still some trees painted (for removal, one would presume). I noticed several places where the stumps were already removed, Here are just a few of the stumps which I found earlier today with my size 13 shoes thrown on them to add some perspective.

[XLFD]

Here's some more big stumps:

[XLFD]

And still some more:

[XLFD]

Still more, and some of the painted trees:

[AQUAMAN]

Pretty thorough investigation X, I was in a hurry, and only spent about 10 minutes there. Newly fallen leaves are covering a lot up right now too. Did you get a total count on the trees? Now, for that lovely dock that is out there, one of three, costing upwards of about $50K each I estimate, and no one is ever using them in all my visits there, just like the similarly cost gazebo. Notice the big dip where the dock is broken and poorly maintained?

[XLFD]

Down by the fence there could have been a few more hidden by the leaves, but there were about 15 fair-sized stumps (8 in. wide or more) that looked as if they were healthy trees (a lesser number of dying or unhealthy trees), and most of the painted trees seem to be around the fence lines, so maybe they might stay.



I had seen people using the docks when they were first out there, but you are right, I haven't seen anybody fishing out there in years. Being an expert in that field yourself, is the fishing any good there? As you once pointed out for the new transient docks, are we getting the bang for the buck for these so-called park improvements, or just future upkeep/replacement costs?

If I remember right, I do think they put the gazebo out there when they didn't want it in town anymore, so that was already paid for. I have used the nearby port-a-potty a lot more than either the piers or gazebos.

Did you know that when they put in the multi-use path, the MDOT backed it only under the condition that they put in the bike lanes that extend on both sides of Bryant from Rath Ave to Lakeshore?

Most cyclists don't ever use this lane because the multi-use path is a more scenic and funner way to get from Rath to Lakeshore and back. And do you know the difference between a bike lane and a road's shoulder?

[Mary A.]

Thanks for all the photos and education about the area. I never had the opportunity to explore Cartier park when I was in town.

With all the fallen leaves, I do anticipate one big doo-doo of a problem each year at this time or perhaps all the time. You know there will be park visitors who won't bother to clean up after their dogs either because they're inconsiderate or because they just can't find the poop amidst the leaves. As you know, dogs can get deathly sick from sniffing and eating other dogs' poop. I don't know how they will monitor whether dogs are appropriately vaccinated, etc. I would say, use the park at your own risk. Anyway, as I used to tell my kids, "check your shoes."

[XLFD]

My fondest memories of Cartier Park occurred back in the '90s before the recent improvements that have cropped up. A bunch of foot and mountain bike trails along undeveloped forest land allowed you to think you were far away from the city and you could hear and see a lot of animals in their environment. Each new addition to the park takes away a little more of this natural habitat. When I was in this section of the park before the 'cleaning' I saw at least a half dozen squirrels, and a lot of birds. The birds have likely flew south, but the squirrels were absent this last time I took the pictures.

It's like going to a big national park like Yellowstone, where the Park Managers and politicians have to balance the needs of the visiting public, the public's safety, and the preservation of the delicate natural balance of the area.

Even if every tree gets cut down in the dog park, you won't be able to get rid of all the leaves coming from the rest of the woods, so its going to take a lot of maintenance to alleviate the associated problem. And as you say, some dogs like to sample exotic poop at times.

The skate park (the dog park's illegitimate older sister located inside Stearn's Park) pics I just posted yesterday show how that park is being maintained by the city DPW.

[XLFD]

JG,
When you posted this I had posted no less than 24 hrs. before that I was on the verge of having rode 5000 miles on my bicycle this year. No where near my high of 8400 miles back in 2006, but an average of 25 mi/day for a 200 day bicycle season, so thanks for being concerned about my health.

As for my disposition, I am a cheerful person, but I do express my concerns about government corruption and why they are not following the rules. To prosecute my case, I can't always be pleasant and tolerant of graft and hypocrisy. Sorry.

What needs to be done at the Skate Park is more than a couple of concerned kids can clean up. Sure they can sweep the sand from the top areas, but check out how much sand is in the one pit and tell me how you are going to get the kids to get all this sand out of this pit without shovels, wheelbarrows, and a whip or two.

Maybe the DPW could have cleaned this up while they had all their sand-removal equipment out there-- but they had somewhere else to go to clean up some forest, didn't they?

[Sweater Cows!]

OMG, I just had to scrape a huge glob of poop out of Myles mouth Last week with my bare hands. I had him in town and was walking down the sidewalk and he was in the grass. He started sniffing in the leaves and next thing I know he had a glob of leaf/poo stuck to the inside of the roof of his mouth like peanut butter. About a half cups worth stuck right up behind his front teeth. yeah it was hidden under the leaves and was no fun to get out of his mouth. Do you know how hard it is to clean that from your hands with more leaves, and then walk the dog back to the car and then load the dog back up and drive to wesco to wash up with poo covered smelly hands. big thanks to whoever doesn't clean up after their dog when they walk it, NOT!





I have leafy trees in my yard and clean the poo where the dogs tie outs are outside each door ever day, usually two or three times. Do you have any idea how hard it is to tell if it is poo or a leaf, or to find the poo under a leaf that has blown over the pile of poo? I have been leaf blowing the tie out area this year because if I didn't there is no way I would be able to keep track of the poo, the drying or colored leaves match so well. it is extra hard to find the poo amongst the leaves. That is a big problem and will be worse with numerous dogs in the forest.


There are plenty of squirrels still there. myles was happy to drag me half way across the future dog park when I stopped to check that out the same day last week. There are so many it was hard to even walk him without him spotting one.

[Sweater Cows!]

Imagine prying that open and hand scooping the poop out!!! I am not kidding!!!