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Would that I could literally put down the massive poles
installed just inside the chain link at Brookside Golf Course to
hold up netting that keeps sliced and hooked golf balls from
hitting runners, walkers, bikers, motorists.
It’s a classic case of overkill, of creating a big new
problem in attempts to correct the old one. Yes, at least one
person of the tens of thousands who exercise around the Rose Bowl
was hit and injured by a wayward ball. But the size and placement
of these supposed solutions is just unreal. They stick up above
the edge of the Arroyo Seco on both sides, intruding into what was
a great view for eons, and they are really ugly.
A city survey shows they are 75 feet high. Neighbors, not to
mention thousands who flock to the arroyo every day for its
natural beauty, were never given notice of the construction. Even
given hackers like me, the poles don’t need to be that high to
protect the jogging classes. The city, charged with keeping the
arroyo beautiful for all Southern Califor-nians, needs to address
its error. -- Larry Wilson is editor of the Pasadena Star-News. Write him
at larry.wilson@sgvn.com
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