[RP TownTalk] field of dreams

[ABragg7393 at aol.com]

Thank you Alan for your reply.  Please keep on top of this and I will  
continue to check the nets and lower them as necessary.  Do the people who  use 
the field have a permit?  If so, the contact information should be in  that. 
 Emilly said that the mayor wrote her a note and said that Leonard at  
public works is in charge of this.  
Audrey
 
 
In a message dated 7/16/2010 10:31:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
akthompson at riverdaleparkmd.gov writes:

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_ 
(mailto: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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