I grew up a short walk from Tamaques Park and have spent a good portion of my childhood there. I’ve walked, biked, and hiked, every inch of trail, I’ve played pickup games of tennis, soccer and two-hand-touch, and now when I do trash clean ups there I can do a sort of amateur archeology (bottles through the ages). To say that Tamaques Park is near and dear to my heart can truly not be understated. Unfortunately, in Westfield, some neighborhoods get results, but too often, Ward 4 gets forced to settle. That’s why many residents view the upcoming changes in Tamaques with concern, and not excitement. These fears have been worsened by calls from a candidate to ignore the transparency of the current survey and holistic DPW approach and instead use a 2018 plan from the Skabitsky administration. This plan did little more than replace the rain garden area with a few more parking spots, build a three story building with no stated purpose and put one and a half turf fields and in the middle of the park surrounded by a fence (I’ll post a picture of this plan to my website for reference).