[RP TownTalk] Nets at the field of dreams

[Euniverz at aol.com]

Hi Bruce,
 
I disagree.  If you see an "endless string of emails" you don't feel  are 
important feel free to delete them.  The nets are NOT staying down, the  
birds are NOT safe, and the town runs the risk of further violations and  
additional illegal bird takings.  I don't believe the situation would have  
received the attention it requires had it not been for the email traffic.  
 
There is plenty getting done, and all because a few people care enough to  
ensure that it does.  
 
Adrianne Lefkowitz
Madison and 48th
 
 
 
Hi Adrianne 
This problem is way overblown.  I keep seeing an endless stream of  emails 
on this subject, but nothing gets done.  The easiest solution is  to leave 
the nets down until new smaller mesh nets are purchased.  This  way the birds 
will be safe.  I'm sure the neighbors can put up with this  incovenience 
for a little while.  After all they've been putting up with  if for years.  
Problem solved! 
You are making things worse by calling Fish and Wildlife.  I'd rather  the 
mayor, council, and police, use my tax dollars to take care of more  
pressing issues than worry about whether the nets are up or down.  Just  leave them 
down.  You know what Fish and Wildlife are going to  say.  Leave the nets 
down.  It's a no brainer.  What are you  accomplishing by getting them 
involved?  It's certainly not making things  better.  
Bruce 


-----Original  Message----- 
From: Euniverz at aol.com 
Sent: Jul 23, 2010 8:26 AM  
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org 
Cc: simhulse at riverdaleparkmd.gov,  djlingua at gmail.com 
Subject: [RP TownTalk] Nets at the field of dreams  

Hi Bruce, it's not about e-mails being written INSTEAD of taking  down the 
nets.  The e-mails are written after the appropriate action is  taken.  A 
few neighbors, who care, are leading this  effort to ensure the town does the 
right thing.  I'm sure the town WILL  eventually do the right thing.
 
In the meantime, if other people, particularly those who use the  field, do 
not take down the nets as required, other people will check up on  that.  
But if the people using the nets do not follow the rules, and  other people 
need to follow behind them to clean up their mess, then they  should not be 
permitted to continue to use the Town's fields.   Period.
 
Just to update, the US Dept of Fish and Wildlife has returned my  call and 
taken my statement regarding the bird death.  They will be  contacting the 
town if they have not already.  Mitigation will likely  be an important 
deciding factor in their case against the town.
 
Just yesterday, around the corner from the field of dreams, a  smaller, no 
less beautiful, bird of prey swooped down right in front of my  car and 
landed in the grass by the Raytheon building.  While smaller,  that bird would 
get trapped in the net too.  That's why I love living  here in a place where 
life is going on all around us.  Higher level  predators like hawks are a 
sign that this is a beautiful place we have here,  and there are a number of 
these raptor species present.  We are so  lucky and blessed as a town to have 
them here; can't get much greener than  that!   Please, let's get this 
under control.  I know the  mayor is back today.  I ask him to meet with us to 
discuss this matter  before another violation occurs; before another life is 
taken.
 
Adrianne Lefkowitz
Madison and  48th





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