Repeal the Unfair Ban on Metal Detecting in Louisville Metro Parks

"MDers are the types of people you want in your parks. We clean up trash, and generally keep on eye on things. You should promote MDing and spend your policing efforts on keeping drug and violent crimes out of our parks."

"Dear Mayor Abramson, I come to Louisville often and metal detect in Cherokee park with my grandson. We are responsible detectorist and leave little to no sign that we ever disturbed the ground where we dig. Most holes are less than 6 inches deep and alway"

"Mayor Abramson, I came to you last year with getting your assistance for our club the rights to hunt the old highland park. You made a valliant attempt but the request was denied. Please reconsider the ban placed on PUBLIC PARKS."

"We, as a group would be more inclined to spend touritst dollars in your town if allowed to pursue our hobby."

"If the city gov't of Louisville made money ( i.e. by selling a pass to metal detect) the ban would be lifted overnight."

"this hobby is less destructive than any type ball game and golf."

"i really diagree with the decisions being made in louisville. Think of everything that could not be known and all the history your not not alowing to be shared or passed on to kids."

"im disabled an go to parks to get my exersixe by metal detecting.at the same time ,its helping to clean up the parks."

"I have payed taxes to the city to help maintain the parks, why should I be stopped from enjoying them like everyone else just because someone doesn't know anything about the hobby and won't give a reason why ?"

"what is so bad about people doing a clean/non threating hobby..worry about drug users and people drinking in the parks."

"So much for "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" I'm so sick of OUR rights being stripped away. It's supposed to be a "government of the people, by the people, for the people"!!!!"

"As a metal detector user in my own state I know how valuable my fellow metal detectors can be in picking up litter and items that could injure children and others in our city, state and county parks."

"Ban the squirells...They don't fill their holes!"

"Thought America was the land of the free - Robert GB"

"Instead of banning metal detecting all together; why not find and fine detectorist that leave holes."

"This ban is unfair to detector users as a whole. We are responsible citizens and as we enjoy our hobby of metal detecting we also make our parks more beautiful by picking up and disposing of all the trash items we see and detect from the park grounds. By "