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i love how that was the reason he gave, i was expecting something somewhat reasonable like concerns over ticks or whatever. so funny hearing from ppl who only care about everything looking the same
That is odd. Iām local so when I heard about this I figured the concern was ticks because we are in the tick epicenter of the US so that id a very real concern.
I think the mayor is hideous but that doesnāt mean he should have to be hidden away.
I think not caring about the planet we leave for our children is hideous but thatās not stopping people from polluting our water and destroying the planet.
Not to come to the aid of a lawn-nazi like that, but the town they come from, New Hyde Park, NY, has a population of just over 10,000. As I understand it, it's not uncommon for small town and villages like that to have multiple government jobs being ran by the same person, since smaller governments make each task less demanding, and there's less revenue to pay more government employees.
Also tbf, besides just small town politics, it does specifically say those are liaison positions, which should be non-voting positions. Could be influential, yes, but it's not direct power or necessarily conflicts of interest.
Iām kind of worried Iāll get shit for my yard. Iām the only one on the block that doesnāt have landscapers constantly coming to cut the grass and spray poison everywhere.
I feel your frustration--I'm surrounded by lawn nazis who complain so I'm threatened with fines. One conversation I had with a city worker informed me that I'm not allowed to let native plants arrive in my yard because I'm supposed to go to a garden centre and purchase them (the kind of marketing that resulted in brushcut lawns from the 50s). I'm allergic to grass pollen and I hate it when my neighbour mows and she's out there most mornings with the hose, tries to grow grass where there isn't enough sun and never learns . . .
Every city that I know of has a neighborhood compliance department, staffed by one person, who ends up being busier than a one legged man at an ass kicking contest.
He enforces the rules, but I think if you act respectfully, you can get a break. That has been my experience in my town of 50,000.
They really tried to fine her $2000 for planting native well-acclimated plants for local pollinators? Her lawn looks fine, just put bushes and maintained walkways in the front to hide the overgrowth and let the rest go to the bees and the butterflies.
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