It's time to put seeds in the ground at Ingalls and here we go again. The actual lease has not been renewed yet with the Food Project. What to do? Will delays put the harvest in jeopardy? Where will the rats get their food? Where will the gangs hang out?
Instead of automatically renewing the lease that was debated last fall (the debate helped put the "Watch" on the map. Gotta love them rats), we have been forced to have an official hearing on the progress that has been made on the stipulations made.
Evidently some people decided to forgo a six foot fence in favor of a four foot high fence with four extra cameras. Since rats can't jump a four foot fence, having the extra the extra cameras wired into the police station provides extra pictures of gang members and bunny rabbits.
This all could have been wrapped up at the last meeting if Coppola hadn't objected to the fact some people (buildings and grounds subcommittee chairman John Ford perhaps?) were playing fast and loose with the open-meeting laws and having private, secret meetings with select individuals.
I was surprised that Ford or Starbard didn't object to their claim of secret meetings - why would it be open to the public for the Food Project to discuss their business! At least Ford got them to allow the Food Project to go ahead with planting now. Even positive things are difficult to achieve in this city.
ReplyDeleteObjections to claims of secret meetings did not occur because they were held. It's not a matter of "Food Project business", it's the citizens of Lynn's business. By the way, it was the mayor's not Ford's leadership that brokered a deal to allow the planting to start.
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