tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post772123520756835671..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: The Sharp Little FoxCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-43086489202420636072009-09-07T02:01:46.279-07:002009-09-07T02:01:46.279-07:00Aw, what a cutie that fox is.Aw, what a cutie that fox is.The Opera Tattlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817163818697608446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-29821507925411088622009-09-06T10:54:23.902-07:002009-09-06T10:54:23.902-07:00Dear mw: Good job of advocacy. It's not just t...Dear mw: Good job of advocacy. It's not just the Tucson environmentalists who are behind this stupid effort to shut down Sharp and Lincoln Parks, though. It's also a woman named Isabel Wade who runs an organization called The Neighborhood Parks Council. She hates golf and everything associated with it, and is one of the locals spearheading "nature centers" and soccer fields. Of course, because of the hilly topography on both courses, soccer fields would be absurd. At Sharp Park, they would have to take out trees and marshes. At Lincoln Park, they would have to grade the hills, underneath which are thousands of bodies left over from when the land was San Francisco's poor people's cemetery in the 19th centuryCivic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-81262079067034581642009-09-06T07:09:48.173-07:002009-09-06T07:09:48.173-07:00I've played Sharp a few times and enjoy it, bu...I've played Sharp a few times and enjoy it, but I play Lincoln more frequently. Usually I get out at the crack of dawn and sneak in 9 holes before my wife wakes up. I often see a coyote wandering the fairways there. He (she?) does a better job of controlling the gopher population than the grounds crew. <br /><br />I've been <a href="http://eatarf242.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Golf%20War" rel="nofollow">blogging about the Sharp Park situation</a> for a while now. These are not your run of-the-mill concerned nature lovers trying to destroy the course. The force behind the effort is the Center for Biological Diversity. They are from out of state, believe in an extreme radical agenda called "deep ecology", are well funded, and have a reputation for intimidating municipalities with their high power legal machinations. The give the green movement a bad name.mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-47141311885138821602009-09-04T16:44:44.821-07:002009-09-04T16:44:44.821-07:00Dear shane: There are extremely manicured golf cou...Dear shane: There are extremely manicured golf courses in absurd settings out there (see golf in the desert), but the San Francisco muni courses at Lincoln and Sharp are very definitely on the "wild" side.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-85078719882600657072009-09-04T15:58:11.371-07:002009-09-04T15:58:11.371-07:00"since I despise zoos and putting animals in ..."since I despise zoos and putting animals in cages, getting a chance to watch one in the wild was a rare joy"<br /><br />I don't know that I would call the completely unnatural setting of a golf course "wild."shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372538523105555583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-85518886435184547682009-09-04T10:15:57.981-07:002009-09-04T10:15:57.981-07:00Look at that beautiful animal! That actually makes...Look at that beautiful animal! That actually makes me want to consider taking up golfing. Just to see the fox.tangobabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288974184200212536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-66116873644006220222009-09-04T06:50:28.483-07:002009-09-04T06:50:28.483-07:00That fox is just lounging around with the crowd! w...That fox is just lounging around with the crowd! what wonderful pictures. Where I live in Minneapolis, there is a large urban lake, and on walks around it with crowds of people, I have seen bald eagles, otter, and a variety of birds, but no foxes!momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-62589355158436464442009-09-03T13:32:27.217-07:002009-09-03T13:32:27.217-07:00What an awesome set of pics. I want to see a fox!What an awesome set of pics. I want to see a fox!janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-8259061041612038172009-09-03T13:09:23.216-07:002009-09-03T13:09:23.216-07:00I love the wildlife on the golf course. My dad an...I love the wildlife on the golf course. My dad and I would play at the crack of dawn, and we stomped along the fairways (usually in the fairways, anyway) our footfalls would wake the bugs and the barn swallows would fly circles around us to catch their breakfasts.<br /><br />There were deer on most of the courses I played, and one peninsula course down on 280 had bobcats.Matthew Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769958949302039878noreply@blogger.com