As children, we are taught to avoid making decisions in haste. Our parents and other responsible parties warn us that haste makes waste. Someone should have shared that sage advice with Lewistown Borough Council.

On Monday, at a special meeting held to award bids for maintenance work, council voted 4-2 to rescind its offer of land for a community park for skateboarders. The skate park was not on the agenda for the meeting. Therefore, the public — as well as all members of council — did not have the opportunity to weigh in on the issue before council took action. To put it in skater terms: Council bailed. It aborted by jumping off of the skate park deal to avoid a crash.

We, along with many others in the community, want to know why? Why now? Why Monday night? Why was this motion so rushed? It’s not as though this was the first council had heard of the skate park. It has had more than ample time to review and analyze the project.