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<P>Hi Adrianne</P>
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<P>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!</P>
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<P>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. </P>
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<P>Bruce</P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Euniverz@aol.com <BR>Sent: Jul 23, 2010 8:26 AM <BR>To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org <BR>Cc: simhulse@riverdaleparkmd.gov, djlingua@gmail.com <BR>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Nets at the field of dreams <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928" name="GENERATOR"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" topMargin="7" rightMargin="7" leftMargin="7" bottomMargin="7"><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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. </FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> 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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Adrianne Lefkowitz</DIV>
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