Contact police - this is called 'loitering'

How about you just wait the 2 seconds it takes the kids to move the rail. I go through this area everyday on my way home and it is not annoying at all, I really feel sorry for them since there really is not many places for them to go.

I though skateboarding was illegal in the City of Oneida.

David,

Ditto, I agree with you!!!

The city has a skate park, but took the cheap way out and its not even worth the kids going to. Maybe if you don't want them skateboarding in the street you should recomend a better skatepark instead of complaining

Chris-

Maybe the parents who had the kids should provide them with safe entertainment. Maybe they should be taught it isn't safe to play in the road! The road is not a skatepark and it is not the tax payers obligation to pay for other peoples kids hobbies. Maybe the police could ticket these skaterboarders and then use the fines towards an upgraded skatepark.

This City is full of scumbags just like this. Drive them over and then their parents will cry about how it everyone fault but their....

I agree that the kids should not play in the street, no matter the excuse. There is another skatepark in Canastota. If you want a hobby then do it where it's supposed to be done. Don't buy a basketball hoop and put it on the curb to play in the street. Don't buy a snowmobile or 4-wheeler, if you don't have a legal place to ride it. The street is not a playground. The kids learn from their parents.

Let's remember that even when they are taller than us, they are still kids. I don't know about you, but I had much more freedom as a child than I give my own son. "Come home when the street lights come on."

I recently saw a very patient (and watchful) father with a very active two-year-old who was playing in the dirt, picking up bugs, and generally making a mess. When called out on it by a friend he replied, "It's her world...I figure I had better let her explore it." The same is true for the older kids...they need to be able to explore.

Kids today have been boxed in at every turn: don't go here, don't touch that, this is all for the grown-ups. Structured, supervised play has its place, but humans need to make mistakes to learn...this happens best when the kids are actually allowed to interact with the world around them.

Let's just be glad that we live in a small town where such things can happen, shall we?

Kids can explore, experience and interact with their surroundings with structure, guidance and supervision. Check out programs like 4-H,Scouts, Karate, Sports, Dance, School, Church, Volunteering, YMCA, Summer Camp, Summer Programs, BOCES, etc. Without some structure and guidance many good kids, that become good adults, get police records or reputations, that severely limit their future career, job and/or living choices.

There isn't anything wrong with exploring. But, a road is no place for kids to play. It's dangerous! Go explore at a skate park, basketball court, etc. A road is not a place for kids to play. Period.

The kids moved away, now I just have to worry about the church goers blocking my driveway on Saturday.