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Reged: 05/09/05
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Loc: Waltham, MA
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Re: The Memorial
10/03/13 06:22 AM
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> I just heard a clip of Jay Carney saying something like "the fact is some services > will be closed". > > I am sorry but monuments are NOT services and you spend MORE money trying to block > people from them than leaving them alone. > > If you want to save money you turn off the fountain and let the maintenance folks go > but you don't close it and put up barricades to stop the people it was made for from > seeing it! > > It's a SAD time in America.
I think the issue with monuments is that there would normally be Park Service personnel on duty for security. With no one around to keep an eye out, vandalism becomes a problem. Rather than risk expensive or irreparable damage to monuments, they just close them down entirely.
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