City Lake Park — Attraction in Mesquite

Careful! This is a loooong post--in order to be as fair as possible. My "experience" started out pretty good...Nice crisp-cold morning to stand in line...EVERYONE (responsibly) had their masks on..💯

I got to my destination to vote at exactly 6:02am..I was like number 13th or 14th in line..Polls were slated to open at 7am..They opened at 7am sharp--excellent! Poll worker greeter looked to be a young Hispanic lady. She was so nice and cordial..

Great idea City Lakeside to have a nice person at the forefront..

We were all moving through and I noticed 6 tables in a row available--quickly and efficiently helping voter..

Here's were it took a most wicked-horrid-corner/turn. An very elderly caucasian man walked up to the "#7 table...The table read "#7 Judge"..

Ok..I completely understand everyone is NOT a "morning person"...I get that..I am a 50-something years young African American University grad...He looked at me and grumbled "I'll help you here"..I was thinking" uh oh, he does not look happy to be here in looming facility-this moment in time..Loll🤣...I am just smiling and happy just to be "helped" so soon..?Help?

I handed him my ID...He looked over and underneath his glasses--at the computer...We who are adults/teenagers even children recognize by now that when people began to intently gaze into a computer when they are in position to be of service?..Something is wrong....Right? Lolll...Ok, I signed where it read to sign..I then saw the 2 little words "Done signing"...Click

As he became increasingly lost...Individuals who were standing behind me waaaaay down the line were stepping up to be helped.."Mouth dropped"...

Okay, little ole caucasian lady was seated next to him...She had wrote my name on the form and was right on point, ready to proceed etc......

He was pretty crusty, rude, non cordial...creepy quiet and sullen. At least try to have a little conversation with me to "divert" attention away FROM situation at hand..

He NEVER asked for help..Apparently he tried it a *second time and what he said to me---after I'd patiently waited?( I had my book with me and able to stand there and read it--Because it took sooo long)...This.. man pulled up system a *second time..Turned the screen for me to sign ...AGAIN and said "DON'T TOUCH NOTHING" (What as m I six?)...That's about the ONLY other thing he said to me from when I walked up.. I was thinking ok, you pushed/clicked wrong buttons and pretty much blamed me??....I glanced at station 6 and saw NUMEROUS people click the "done signing" button..He tried a 3rd time..Nothing!!

An African American woman who was being called , pulled and questioned ALOT appeared to be in charge--I believe her tag read manager ...She was handling another young lady who's name the computer couldn't find in system... and an elderly man who walked in with a green ballot sheet--what seemed to be simultaneously and effortlessly...So cool to watch..She looked over at him(crusty) and noticed... I ...was....still....standing... ..there...She asked me a couple of quick questions did I request a mail in ballot?Etc....Nope..

I told her I just voted at this very facility a couple of months ago or so for Senate race...I've lived/voted in Mesquite since 1996..🤷‍♀️

She respectfully asked me to sit down so she could check this out...System stuff...shrug

After, not sure how long, she called me over...

I was then able to vote...So this visit was "bitter-sweet"..

VOTE!! and VOTE early...The U.S. is in turmoil...Putrid, vicious, hatefilled land. Sad...PRAY for peace, joy, love, goodness, meekness, faith and...

I don't know anything about the lake because I just moved here. But what I can tell you about the spot where they held Super Tuesdays elections was EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING!!! My first time ever visiting this site and last time voting here. It was a very hostile environment! People voting were spoken and treated like children. I have PTSD and my anxiety was out of the box. It took everything in me to not leave on the middle of voting. Where I was stationed a man stood in the floor area of a kitchen and starts yelling at people about their cell phones. I believe strongly it could and should have been handled differently. Yelling at people to get them to do what you demand them to do is not cool. We are tax payers, homeowners, parents, professionals, retirees, human beings. Our pets are not treated the way we were treated. Next time, put people in place who knows how to address people in a kind and respectable manner. I hope this gets back to the mayor of Mesquite. New home owner in...

Very disappointed to see a city funded public park in the condition this park was in. 80% of the trash cans were over filled, there was dog feces along the trail around the lake, we counted 5 dead fish and 2 dead turtles floating on the water and 2 ducks injured. 1 had a broken wing and the other had a broken foot. There was quite a bit of garbage floating in the lake and some broken glass along the walk way. We also saw a dead fish on the grass that must have been there a few days. The water is very filthy and we saw what appeared to be oil floating on top of the water. What bothered me the most is there was a city employee parked there and didnt bother to walk the area and at least pickup or clean up as much as he could. Whether he is assigned to the parks and rec deptartment or not he should still do his due diligence as a city employee to do his part in keeping...