[RP TownTalk] field of dreams

[Melissa Avery]

Who exactly owns the field - 
the town of Riverdale Park or some other interest?
Who is the Stuart of the field?
Who owns the nets?
This is a serious situation and needs immediate attention.
I understand that the mayor entrusted the field to a particular group and they 
are  obviously not taking that responsibility seriously.
When the mayor is out of town who is responsible for making 
decisions about  critical events?
this is a serious situation and needs to be treated as such.
This group who is so pose to be responsible for the field of dreams has so far 
shown very poor performance.
The nets have never been been taken down except by citizens when  the hawk 
was entrapped and died. 

there are a lot of animals whose lives are being jeopardized due to negligence.
This is an Incorporated town and someone is legally responsible.





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From: Alan K. Thompson <akthompson at riverdaleparkmd.gov>
To: ABragg7393 at aol.com
Cc: coreyls at earthlink.net; djlingua at gmail.com; towntalk at riverdale-park.org; 
euniverz at aol.com
Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 10:31:02 PM
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] field of dreams

Dear Audrey,

We are taking it seriously.  I have been in contact with staff and other council 
members multiple times per day monitoring and seeking solutions to the problems 
at the field as they develop (for instance, I just found out that there are now 
two instances of the nets being left up when they should have been taken down).

I checked the nets (and for other behavior you have reported) when I drove by 
the field at around 7:00 PM, and they were up, but the field was in use.  I'm 
planning to check them again every time I go past the field, which is a few 
times per day, and to alter my driving patterns to go that way more often.  


We are somewhat hampered at this time by the fact that Mayor Archer is out of 
town and quite unavailable (I don't think he's receiving e-mail on his 
Blackberry), and I don't have easy access to contact information for the 
Ipaltecos Ausentes, who are coordinating the use of the field.  I will dig 
through my notes and e-mails again this evening, but I don't think I have that 
information in them.

Please try to be patient as we in the town work through this problem.  You 
graciously volunteered (which I greatly appreciate) to make sure the nets were 
down, and it's likely that you will need to do that more now than in the future 
after we have been able to contact the leaders of the Ausentes, and their 
leaders have been able to communicate the new policies to their membership.

Sincerely,

Alan Thompson
Ward 2 Town Council Representative


On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:59 PM, <ABragg7393 at aol.com> wrote:

Obviously our town officials did not take the strangled hawk seriously.  I am 
very upset that the nets were up again and unattended tonight.  Has anyone 
informed the people who use the field that they must take the nets down after 
play?  Is anyone in charge here  in town?  

>I had the nets taken down tonight.  Should I be the one in charge who checks on 
>this on a daily basis and makes sure it is done?
>The town can be in jeopardy.  Fines, law suits etc.  And if you think this is a 
>small matter and not of your concern, your tax dollars can be paying for it.
>Please address this serious matter and let's get it solved.
>
>Audrey Bragg
>Ravenswood rd.



      
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