I took this picture on Friday 7/14/2023. It's a picture of the soccer field at Dacey Community Field here in Franklin. The interesting, and hypocritical, item to point out here is the watering of the field that's taking place. First of all, the last week or so, we've had rain almost every day! Some days it's been super heavy and it's noticeable in the streams, which are running higher than usual. My pool for example is too full, with the water level over top of the skimmer boxes. My point being, we've had SO much rain the end of June and so far in July that the watering of the ball field seems SO unnecessary.
I've lived in this town since 2000, and each year around early June the town has always issued a water ban. This year, 2023, was no different and on June 8, 2023 the DPW posted the following notice -
The second bullet in the above notice states the following - "No automatic lawn watering between the hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM".
So, riddle me this, if there's a town wide water ban, why doesn't the town also need to abide by it too?! How can the town in good conscience tell it's residents, with threats of fines, there's a water restriction in place yet they proceed to water ball fields?!
Frustratingly, this is NO surprise to me and how this town has been and continues to operate. The times I've sent emails to town officials are usually responded to with nothing but excuses, for example, covid, under staffed, unable to find good help, budget constraints, etc. Excuse after excuse versus listening and trying to come up with solutions. Services have been affected, with some being limited and even removed, yet my taxes continue to go up!
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