Your Tax Dollars At Work
Posted by - Bruce Winn : Category - Pittsfield City Government, Wahconah ParkGuess what! You know that nice, new grassy area that the City was in such a hurry to put in at Wahconah Park, just outside the stadium? The work that BEAT complained was being done against existing environmental regulations? That grassy area is going to be torn up soon by the City. It seems a storm-drain pipe under Wahconah will have to be dug up so that a new one can be put in. The new grassy area (already dead from being constantly under water) and the new pavement that the City just put in are about to be torn up by the City.
The interesting thing is that the City had planned this storm-drain work before they started the work at Wahconah. In other words, the City performed the work at Wahconah knowing that it would just have to be undone by a later City project. As a matter of fact, the state certificate to perform the work at Wahconah “strongly encouraged” the City to coordinate these two projects. BEAT pointed this out to the City at an open meeting before the work at Wahconah Park started. But the funds were available, so they did the work anyway. Your tax dollars at work. It’s amazing how many problems could be solved just by following existing laws and regulations, but our leaders always seem to have a better idea. I’m just glad we didn’t need any of that wasted money for other things, like social services. We didn’t, did we?