Skating In The Park

Some people are getting upset because finacially strapped City of Schenectady has told the public that if they wish to skate in central park, they need to bring a shovel and clear the ice themself.

I'm not sure why ice skaters don't want to shovel the ice themselves. So they want the city to spend money on equipment/labor so they don't have to shovel? People, this city and state is drowning finacially an you want leaders to worry about ice skating. That's ludicrous. Just bring a shovel along with your ice skates. It's simple and it saves the city a lot of money. This is what we use to do back in the good-old days of the 70's. We cleared the ice ourselves before we skated. It was that simple. Why can't people do this anymore?