Article: SOUTH MILWAUKEE Officials overreacted to skateboarding boys

SOUTH MILWAUKEE

Officials overreacted to skateboarding boys

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

The confiscation of the four South Milwaukee boys' skateboards is absolutely sickening ("Wheels not welcome at struggling mall," Sept. 12).

We complain that kids don't get enough exercise or are obese. We try to keep them from smoking and drinking. We worry about them being sexually active. In the meantime, four boys at a strip mall are skateboarding, an activity that burns calories, can't be done ...

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