{"id":1306,"date":"2011-10-25T22:08:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T05:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2011-10-25T22:08:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T05:08:56","slug":"golf-carts-give-unfair-advantage-to-local-trick-o-treaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"Golf Carts Give Unfair Advantage to Local Trick-O-Treaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/golf-cart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1307\" title=\"golf-cart\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/golf-cart-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>\nWe have all seen them. Tens and tens of golf carts driving around Stapleton, typically to pools, and sometimes just to parties. For the most part, the carts are harmless. Sometimes you may get stuck behind one temporarily on 29<sup>th<\/sup> street, not sure if you are allowed to pass them or not, but overall, the Stapleton golf carts are not a problem.\nThe carts are mostly fun novelty items that non-cart owners envy, and occasionally get to enjoy a ride from a friend or neighbor. The one day a year that golf cart owners really get the ugly stares is on Halloween. Cart owners take the kids out trick o treating using the golf carts, which allows for an already easy Stapleton candy-grabbing experience to become even easier. \u201cI don\u2019t like it at all,\u201d says resident Jim Miller. \u201cI have seen it where they literally keep one big bag on the cart and the kids empty their small bags after hitting each block. These kids are not earning this candy at all.\u201d<!--more-->\nSome have taken an even harder stance. \u201cIf I see kids show up with a golf cart, I am not giving them candy,\u201d says Craig Barnum. \u201cI recommend other residents do the same.\u201d Cart owners do not understand the problem. \u201cWe are not doing it because our kids are lazy,\u201d says cart owner Don Smith. \u201cWe are doing it because we are lazy.\u201d Other cart owners like the carrying capacity of the carts. \u201cSame as when I actually golf,\u201d says Geoff Ihm. \u201cI like to have some beers, and helping with the kids while carrying a six-pack just doesn\u2019t work out.\u201d\nWhether or not you are for or against the Halloween golf carts, they are here to stay. There have been no reported accidents (involving children) with the golf carts, so the biggest concern is simply having your children asking for a golf cart in two months.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-16","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}