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Residents say they can no longer access the park after the state seized it against the city’s wishes in January.
“We lost, but you know what, we fought,” said Jessie Fuentes, a local activist with a kayaking business he used to operate from the park. “Here we are again, defending our park of 47 acres. Our park where our kids play soccer, where we fish, where we go to the river. We can no longer do any of those things.”
But that did not stop the state. In January, Salinas said he received a call from a DPS director who told him the state had taken over the park.at the time. “This is not something that we wanted. This is not something that we asked for as a city.”Gov. Greg Abbott’s office did not respond Saturday to a request for comment.
“It’s difficult to explain the feeling,” he said. “Sometimes I feel helpless, frustrated that our political leaders don’t represent us. As a taxpayer, I pay money — my representation is not free.”
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