fired UP.

wanna hear something disGUSTing? did you know that in new york city, if you want to play tennis at public park courts, you have to purchase a permit for $100 annually? i know. and listen to this: currently, the parks department is moving forward with a plan to increase the annual permit cost to $200. two. hundred. that's double.

leading the opposition is the mccarren tennis association, who famously raised money independently last year to resurface one of the seven courts at mccarren park, because the city has not done so in over 30 years. the USTA took notice, and granted them $56,000 more to finish the resurfacing the other courts. (before / after) now they are focusing their efforts on the parks commissioner, in an attempt to kill this measure, which will be voted on in a couple of weeks.

you can read an op-ed in the brooklyn paper here, written by one of the group's founding members. and if you feel like expressing yourself, shoot the parks department a quick message here.