MV's domed dog park
As Mission Viejo staff and council majority have a successful track record of capturing awards for our city projects, the new dog park is a guaranteed winner.
Our “state-of-the art” temperature controlled dog park will be a multi purpose domed facility with a retractable roof. As you sit in your sky box you can watch your pets running around the field on the huge high definition video screen in your luxury suite as you enjoy a cold one.
Our SCAT and DAWG volunteers will serve as umpires and will notify owners by restaurant style pagers if things get out of hand.
We plan to install Sony LCD displays in the suites, restrooms, and in the multiple concession areas so that you can keep an eye peeled on your four legged friends wherever you go inside the facility.
In addition to dogs, burgers and peanuts for human consumption, these concession stands will offer a wide variety of dog food and pet supplies and may have an on site veterinarian for any pet injuries.
The decision to add a retractable roof will make it possible for us to exercise our dogs without getting wet or sun burned 24/7.
My guess is that the city funded Mission Viejo Community Foundation is lobbying Congressman Gary Miller for stimulus funds to cover this costly pork barrel project.
After all, isn’t our responsibility to create high paying jobs?
Will it feature oversize seating for some of your former council members ??
Bob.
Based on the chairs we purchased for some of our city facilities you can take it to the bank that the dog digs will be well equiped and comfortable for anyone.
Larry. Don’t give them ideas. Remember Frank Ury’s six-figure sun shades for Little League bleachers–the kind that only work at high noon when the sun in directly overhead? Frank will come back and dome the bleachers.
Larry. Welcome to the world of satire, where our great godfather is Jonathan Swift, of the “Modest Proposal.” I have some more modest proposals for your so-called Dog Park:
I don’t know why a city with a budget like Mission Viejo’s, a city that could afford that famous float, couldn’t at least provide:
– hologram rabbits complete with realistic scents for the canines to chase;
– relationship counseling for any dogs who don’t immediately take kindly to each other;
– regularly placed suction orifices in the floor for quickly sucking up their excrement and converting it to commercially viable fertilizer;
– automatic de-fleaing and de-worming services at entrance and exit.
You people don’t want to lose dog owners to Lake Forest or the Lagunas, do you?
Thank you Vern.
Email from Arizona
“Are we out of our minds”
An email reaction from Laguna Woods
“Larry
We couldn’t afford such a fine dog park in Laguna Woods. Ours is just a strip of artificial turf with a fence and parking lot on Ridge Route across the fence from clubhouse 4. When it rains we will have to come to Mission Viejo to the gold plated park.”
Hxxxxx
Email from a former volunteer at our animal shelter
I love your humor!
Email response from our current mayor.
“That is very funny. Whose says Larry Gilbert can’t be funny? ….sky box – classic.
-Dave”
How about we use the grandstand seats leftover from the failed Vigilantes effort? I have photos of these that were stored on city property for years. Since I have been gone, maybe they ditched them somewhere, but we had hundreds that could have been put to good use. Of course, you might have to bring your own umbrella…
Madame Mayor:
Well I am sure Sharon Cody would appreciate a 23″ seat in deference to the standard 16″ seat.
“We love the smell of dog poop in the morning!”…Robert Duvall said that. Putting a roof on the Louisiana Superdome worked well enough right after Katrina. We said that!
rw
Larry why don’t you do yourself a favor and read Geoff Willis?
LBM. In addition to his comments on my blog posts Geoff and I communicate by telephone. We are not strangers and have agreed to disagree on Measure D.
You on the other hand have less credibility by hiding your identity.
Must have nothing else to do but dream up incredibly lame attempts at satire.
Sniping at a $100,000.00 gift for the city to fence in some property for a dog park. No clue that everyone does not play tennis or join the city’s overpriced recreation centers.
BTW/ Mission Viejo has 30,000 dog owners who would utilize and enjoy an off leash dog park. Close to home: exercise and socializing.
Sniping and making small minded satirical jokes.
This is what you do all day. Really?.
Makes you feel significant — does it?
Peggy. We are so glad that you read the Patch which provided the link to my vision of a dog park with its retractable roof and big screen TV’s in the rest rooms where the owners can keep an eye on their four legged friends. It was humorous. Get over it. This issue was triggered by the city providing a link to SS’s private web site yet they refused to accept our free web site to promote business in Mission Viejo several years back. I believe the city attorney might have had concerns of this link which has now been removed.
As to our four legged friends. You have no idea what our vet bills were for one of our dogs who died last year and his older brother who chases me away from this keyboard if I linger too long. Don’t paint a picture of my position on our four legged friends while I oppose spending over $1,000,000 for a dog park.
Peggy. I was not snipping at the chance of Mission Viejo getting the $100,000 prize. And if you check the timing I was not aware of that opportunity when writing the domed dog park story which many others found to be quite entertaining. Some of them, like ourselves, have their own pets