San Angelo

MLK Park Restrooms Are Now Open!

By Lucas Banda lucasbanda, Feb 2, 2024
 

SAN ANGELO, TX - The City of San Angelo held a ribbon-cutting for the grand opening of the new public restrooms at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park.

The project was a collaboration between the city and the local unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the San Angelo Area Foundation.

The ribbon cutting took place today, Feb. 2, at the park pavilion at 2121 Martin Luther King Drive.

"The park’s public restrooms are a testament to the commitment of the community towards enhancing visitors’ experiences," the city stated.

This project was funded through the community thanks to the efforts of the local NAACP unit and the San Angelo Area Foundation.

The City of San Angelo will cover maintenance costs. 

"The new public restrooms at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park stand as a symbol of our community's commitment to providing essential amenities and enhancing the overall park experience for all visitors,” said Carl White, parks and recreation director. 

San Angelo NAACP President, Mechelle Grooms Reed thanked the city graciously for making the restrooms at MLK Park a reality. 

San Angelo City Mayor said that this project has been a “Long dream for folks who wanted to have a facility here to better utilize this park.”

“Parks are an important part of the quality of life here in San Angelo,” she said. “This is a lot of pride and joy, a great asset here on MLK.” 

San Angelo LIVE! captured the ribbon cutting in action along with a speech from White, Gunter, District Three City Council Member Harry Thomas, and Reed. 

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I have an important public service to perform, Expat. Here is my review:

The inside if the bathroom is a spacious cell, reminiscent of similar spaces provided by various local entities, francised by the state, for the purpose of rest and refreshment, free of charge, after a long night of loud and boisterous activity in public spaces or a respite from the perils of winding and unpredictable local roads after a night of hearty alcohol consumption.

The toilet paper is of higher grade than that of other park restrooms in the area. The restrooms are equipped with electronic locks, perhaps similar to the  respite facilities mentioned above, a sink, a small table which folds out from the wall that is labeled with a peculiar cultural totem, and one restroom has a small metallic artifact protruding from the wall which I assume is used for making noodles, soups, and stews.

The complimentary green bottle of "Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor," with the brass cap that has an image of a hornet on it, however, had already been consumed. There was no indication of when this item would be restocked.

One design flaw that these restrooms share with many public restroom spaces is its wobbly cobstruction, meaning that it is difficult, even when seated, to ensure that excrement is delivered to the intended recepticle, and thus, due to this design flaw, it inevitably ends up splattered onto the floor and walls, as well as the railings and ceiling. This isn't an uncommon design flaw, since we've all seen restrooms built like this, but it is worth noting that both restrooms have this flaw.

Since I haven't had the opportunity to see my doctor regarding these IBS-like symptoms I've developed as of late, I had the opportunity to test these out.

Verdict: 2 stars. Will use again due to convenience of location, but not without complaints.

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You may have overlooked one possibly salient point:  Should the place ever to be considered for use by the Orange Jesus, should he ever visit the Pearl of the Conchos, it would need to be equipped to store stolen classified documents.  After all, he has been known to use water closets for such purposes.

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Public restrooms are generally a bad location for the storage of documents, but the table mentioned above can be folded out from the wall to support as many lines of cocaine as a wealthy and well connected visitor or first son can metabolize.

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After they get all high on coke they can peruse around the park sniffing childrens hair like father and son know best!

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Who knows how many adults Sleepy Joe sniffed as children who are here among us now, reading and commenting on rare occasions...

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I'm fairly certain Ex-pat is one of them, longing for Sleepy Joe to sniff his hair once again like he did long ago. Maybe they can even frolic in the park together and hold hands on the way to that public bathroom.

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And yes I am definitely a person and not an armadillo, mhah hah hah hah!! Foolish humans, I didn't mean to type that wait...how do you... 

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Mr Hyde, please shut down this online publication now. This commenter, who is definitely a person and not a possum, armadillo, or similar animal, has such caustic insults that no one can survive. Upon reading these insults I became distraught and O.D.'ed inside the bathroom at MLK park. I am writing from the afterlife. This is my last request.

If anyone has any further insults, please leave them on sticky notes on the interior walls of the MLK bathrooms.

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Man that was sooo funny and clever! 😂🤡 Did you use all your brain cells to come up with that gem? 😂

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I never post comments on SAL, but man after seeing the comments some of these clowns make,😂🤡, it's too easy to make fun of them, idk whoever Rita Repulsa is but she talks like she takes LSD before each comment, and Big Daddy, o man, you're way too easy, stop repeating the same thing and write a different script to read from 😂📝, also big  daddy is the lamest nickname, Adam Sandler called he wants the name of his old horrible movie back 😂😂😂😂 let me guess you peaked in high school, best days are behind you bud 😂

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Your malformed attempt ♿ at caustic sniping makes you sound like some medicated 💊💊💊 middle school student who should have been in high school by now 🤤, but I appreciate the backhanded compliment in regards to my contributions here. 🐐

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That's right, more words! Now come over here where I can press charges and hide behind my friends before I watch Adult Swim and eat my mom's stew under my knitted quilt! You come around here challenging my tenure and denigrating the work I've freely contributed to the public and even take cheap shots at my AI generated insults! How dare you? How absolutely dare you??

This means charges

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I see you had a flag made with a picture of your son, how nice 😂🤡, I assume he has your features and intelligence? 😂

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