Civic Center's facilities don't match others

To the editor:

As I sit here at my computer, a mother is at home worried about her daughter who fell on a wet floor at the Cape Girardeau Boys and Girls Club at the Civic Center. I was not there, but I heard the young girl was hurt pretty bad. The reason she fell is because the roof of the Civic Center leaks in the gym when it rains or snows.

Make me understand how the city can go north and build a nice and spacious Osage Community Centre when half of the people on the south side don't have transportation to get there. Our children have to use dilapidated facilities for recreation. On rainy days, our children cannot play ball in the Civic Center gym because of the wet floor from the constant leaking.

When we mention inequality, it seems some people get offended. This is sending a message to our young people that we shouldn't settle for less than others. I wonder if our city officials would let their children use facilities such as these. Wake up people, this is America, which I used to believe meant freedom, justice and equality for all. Are we just daydreaming?

PATRICIA COX

Cape Girardeau