I alluded, in an earlier post, that the $3.6 million dollar town of Franklin override we voted on back in early June failed; it failed for the second time in a 6-month period.
This override quickly became contentious within the town pitting the "Yeses" against the "Nos" and it played out on social media and in the community. For example, FB posts often times had to have the commenting option disabled by the administrators after people became mean, rude, belligerent, inconsiderate, etc. Also, people were complaining that both "For" and "Against" yard signs were being stolen and\or vandalized. Sadly, typical behavior in today's world.
Since the override failed, the town is using the failure to justify the town administrations mismanagement and overall shoddy upkeep. At this point they can no longer us Covid as a valid excuse as to why things are not getting down - boy did they wear this excuse out!
Here is one example of a new policy the town has instituted - a "Carry In / Carry Out" Trash and Recycling policy for the towns outdoor spaces, e.g. ball fields, playground, parks, etc. -
The item in the picture below is the lid to one of the trash cans that was located at the grade school ball field. Seems the DPW crew removed the trash can but couldn't be bothered with taking the lid too. It's SO bad that the town's ground crew, who are supposed to perform the upkeep of the ball fields and common area spaces, literally have mowed around this lid I kid you not! Heaven forbid the mower operator dismount and put this in his town vehicle or at least move it out of the way in order to mow!
Typical and what I've come to expect from the town workers. UGH -
It's going to be interesting to see how this new policy plays out when the ball fields are actually being used on a regular basis. From what I've seen, when there was trash cans available, there was ALWAYS trash left littering the sidelines and benches. Seems parents today don't have the same values I was taught and clearly many of them don't pass said values along to their spoiled, peanut allergy ridden brats.
As Glum from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon said, "We're doomed", alas!
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