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Aera Park, a planned 40-acre youth baseball facility at Stockdale Highway and Jewetta Avenue, has run into opposition from neighbors, led by former Bakersfield Planning Commission member Jim Redstone, who lives in Brighton Parks, a gated subdivision for people 55-and-older across Jewetta Avenue from the park. But City Councilman David Couch said the park has been a done deal for years, long before anyone moved into Brighton Parks. Redstone, who was a planning commissioner in the early 1980s, said he sees inevitable conflict between the youth-oriented baseball complex and the residents of Brighton Parks. Other residents, like Virginia Dallas-Dull, support the planned park location and see it as a positive contribution to the area. Here they elaborate on their positions. Sensational attention unwarranted It’s a Little League park not a stadium! Controversy attracts attention. Of particular interest to me is the fact that some of my Brighton Parks neighbors continue to...
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