This person said that the tickets are being tossed out of court by judges.
Anyone know more?
As a refresher, here's what you can't do in the Park on the Woodstock Square.
"6.2B.2: PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES:
"It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any of the following activities in the park in the Square:
"A. Playing ball, riding skateboards, riding bicycles, serving or gliding frisbees or other similar sailing or gliding devices.
"B. For any group of persons to congregate in the park in the Square in such a manner that free access along paved sidewalks is restricted, prohibited or blocked.
"C. To ride any bicycle, skateboard or other devices on any adjacent sidewalk to the park in the Square. (Ord. 1365, 4-20-1977)"
Does this mean the police will ticket a father and child playing catch (or trying to)? Is that two tickets - one for each? I saw a father and son a few weeks ago playing with a Frisbee. At the time I thought the kid should not have been running back and forth in the gazebo to catch it, but so what? Good thing that one of Woodstock's finest didn't come along that day.
And watch where you ride your bikes. There are plenty of signs to alert you to where you cannot ride your bicycle on sidewalks near (or in) the Square.
Kids need to realize that they caused the "No bikes on Square sidewalks" rules. Had they gotten off their bikes or slowed down around pedestrians, it wouldn't have been a big deal.
The Square is for all. Come and enjoy it. Use common sense and good manners. Don't drive away customers, or the Square (and Woodstock) will become a ghost town.
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Woodstock police have gotten out of control. There badges go to there heads. Iknow on kid got a ticket for skateboarding on sidewalk,actually had fallen cop asked you okay then gave him ticket. Went to court ticket 15.00 the court costs, must go t court, brought it to 151.00. Give me a break, 136.00 court costs. More money for the village. This kid asked about the guy sitting in square with dog tied up under sign saying no dogs.Cop closed eyes and said he didnt see anything. Another way to harass the teen agers. Woodstock wants families here what do they want families to do with the teenagers. They cant go to the other parks people complain to them and chase them out. Cant be on square as they are harrassed all the tme. I am an adult 45 and talked to over 25 teenagers and they all say the same thing they move and police all over yet anothe adlt i know said they saw bars getting out and drunks falling down police across street and just laughing. Give the kids tickets an do nothing to adults. You allow smoking on square but where are ashtrays. But only teens seem to get tickets.
The next City Council meeting is August 2, and the one after that is August 16. 7:00PM. City Hall. Second floor.
The only place to complain is there, where complaints will be heard in public.
Police activity is buried in numbers at the PD. The City Council only gets a worthless summary and won't know about these tickets.
$151 for a skateboarding ticket is inexcusable. The cop should have put it in Woodstock's Adm. Adjudication Court. Judge Eternon might have dismissed it, as I think he did two others earlier this month.
Wow! Is thet sposed tuh go wit tha prevy us entree?
My error is misspelling Judge Eterno's name.
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