Hi! I read the article in the Westfield paper about extending the burning time and, as usual, these people get into changing laws, and this that and the other thing. Just make it simple. Drastic times call for drastic measures. All I’m asking for is an extension this year on the burning permit, not to change the law or anything. Just make a little extension of a month this year so that people with larger pieces of land can get it cleaned up or else it’s going to cause more dumping out somewhere else on some back road or somebody else’s back yard. Thank you.
Sent from my iPad. The following is a few facts about two bridges,one completed, the other is not,although the time frame is the same. The Golden Gate bridge construction began in 1933. The overall length including its approaches is 8,980 ft or approximately 1.7 miles.The longest single span is 4,800 ft and is 780 ft above some of the most treacherous currents in the world. In 1937 this project was completed and came in under budget and ahead of schedule. At the time this bridge was the longest in the world. The residents of the Hill section of the city have endured and lamented the construction of the bridge on Drugstore hill.The length of this bridge is less than 100 ft and not more than 50 ft above the railroad tracks of the Pioneer Railroad.this bridge is now in its fourth year. The time, fuel,inconvenience,and frustration is incalculable. The blame for this fiasco lays squarely with the ineptness of city engineer Mark Cressotti. Shame on the legal department of the city for allowing the construction contract to go through as it did. Lastly, shame on the lawyers for Pioneer Railroad for dragging their feet. Now we hear that this project will be completed in June of this year. I for one will not be holding my breath. Thanks for allowing me to vent and keep your fingers crossed.
Southwick, good morning! Yes, spring is on the way. I just drove by Whalley Park. I see they have the lights up for night baseball but it saddens me to know that our lead selectperson is a member of the Southwick Rec Center, which is no way connected to the town of Southwick, and since it is a non-profit organization, (I say that very carefully, non-profit, because I used to be a board member. They make tons of money down there…) But is saddens me that the selectperson finagled a way with Mr. Whalley to let the Rec Center use town property for free. Now he says they’ll mow the lawn, but you know what that means. I’m very sad that they couldn’t come up with a better contract for the Rec Center. Let them pay like the town is going to charge outside towns to come in to Southwick to use these baseball diamonds, soccer fields, etc. Yeah, we need to look at this selectman with this sewer project, too. I think it is a shame family members work at facilities that are going to get it before the residents and the residents need it more. And I want to thank the PulseLine for being here. It gives us a chance to vent and to let people in Southwick know what is going on.
