To Paraphrase David Wooderson In Dazed And Confused, “That’s What I Love About These Skate Parks, Man . . . I Get Older, They Stay The Same Age”

The PTA president quoted here nails it . . . the dirty little secret about skate parks is that these guys just never grow up:

In order to get into the skate park, one has to walk through the schoolyard; this is the biggest concern of parents. The open access has made it so that adults and older kids are often hanging out in the playground during the day, when young children are mere feet away, lining up for class or lunchtime. “While the kids go out and have lunch, older men are zooming through there on bikes and skateboards,” said Perez.

. . .

“People say ‘Oh, it’s only pot bags.’ Well, those matter. And it’s the alcohol, and it’s grown men riding in on bicycles,” said Perez.

“Grown men riding in on bicycles” . . . well of course it is — it’s a skate park!

Stories We Could Have Used In June 2009, Not June 2010

“Even with donations to Independence Party under scrutiny, there’s no stopping Mayor Bloomberg.”

Take Me Out To The Bra Game

But I don’t get why Lady Gaga would want to watch a stinky old Mets-Padres day game when there’s a fantastic Yankees-Astros interleague series starting tonight:

The beer-swilling diva — who has professed her love for the Yankees — proceeded to repeatedly salute the crowd with her middle finger.

When fans rose for the seventh-inning stretch, she did, too — dancing and giving onlookers the double-bird salute.

She watched the rest of the game in just her undergarments without incident.

“She was psyched to go the game,” a source close to Gaga told The Post.

Location Scout: Citi Field.

Even A Ham Sandwich Could Get Elected With That Kind Of Money

Yes, “Mayor Bloomberg spends nearly $110M to get reelected, beating out combined donations for all NY pols” is shocking, but the Daily News’ Adam Lisberg needs to stop with the low-hanging fruit already:

Hizzoner spent $109.9 million to get re-elected, while all other New Yorkers combined donated just $90.7 million to candidates and parties.

Not that Lisberg shouldn’t highlight stuff like this whenever possible, just that with Bloomberg it’s too easy.

See also: Bloomberg For Mayor 2009.

The Problem The Public Theater Created

And of course the simple way to fix it is not relying on film and television starts like Al Pacino in the first place:

A band of amateur businessmen have launched a service that lets theatergoers skip the line for Shakespeare in the Park — always one of the hottest free tickets in town.

. . .

Here’s how it works: Hand over anywhere from $75 to $125 to a professional line-sitter and you can forgo the mind- and butt-numbing side effects of queuing up for a fix of the classics. Al Pacino starring as Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice” promises to be a must-see show this season.

Maybe this is part of what they meant when they said “For every one dollar, we generate eight”?

Location Scout: Delacorte Theater.