The Great Thing About Parks, Playgrounds And Various Open Spaces

The great thing about parks, playgrounds and various open spaces is that you can always rely on finding a broken swing to distract folks from whatever issue you need them distracted from:

An audit released by City Comptroller John Liu’s office claims that the Parks Department was slow to fix dangerous conditions in some playgrounds — and might have missed regular inspections.

Liu, who’s still dealing with the fallout from the arrest of his campaign treasurer, said that the agency would sometimes neglect to fix nasty problems — such as rusted and broken equipment — even after they were “flagged for repair.”