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Parks in the District are going to the dogs
Jonetta Rose Barras, The Examiner
Oct 18, 2007 2:00 AM (774 days ago)WASHINGTON

The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) can barely maintain its facilities and fields; it can barely finance decent and exciting programs for youth and adults; and it’s so short of staff that it does an absolutely lousy job of overseeing independent contractors and consultants. Yet, it’s poised to construct at $80,000 each dog parks throughout the city for people too lazy to exercise their animals and for dog-walking companies exploiting this laziness. Further, it will be forced to monitor use at each site.

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