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Broken Fence Fixed!!!!!
An Astonishing* Success for the City and For Mt. Hope.
Thanks to McMahon, Murphy, Jackson, and Pontarelli.
This is what a fixed fence looks like.
A nicely repaired fence.
I knew once the job was assigned to Bob McMahon, Deputy Superintendent of the Parks Department, that it would get done and get done in a timely fashion. Thank you Mr. McMahon.
Another Angle
A big hearty thanks also to the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services: thanks Rita Murphy and David Pontarelli of the ONS. Thanks to Councilman Kevin Jackson for facilitating movement on our request.
We began asking for this fence to be repaired around two years ago. That is astonishing.* It kind of fell in a grey area of departmental responsibilities. But now it is fixed, and it has been established whose responsibility it is to maintain the fence. That’s success in more than one area.
Of course it’s a five (count’em) Exclamation Point Headline!
From Across the Street
And of course the fence won’t stay unbroken forever, or will it have a longer span of unbroken longevity this time. Keep and eye out for our fence. Hopefully no stolen cars will hit it or smash it down during a police chase.
Now we need to organize a little clean-up behind the fence to show the city we appreciate their getting around to addressing our request. Calling Matt Stone, calling Matt Stone. We need your clean-up organizing skills. Should not take much time to pick up a little litter.
John Twomey
Oh, bitter, bitter is the brew for those who try and fail and surrender, but sweet, sweet is the heady taste of success through continued perseverance.
Ancient Proverb.
Posted at July 7, 2005 04:12 PM
Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.
Posted by: Ann at July 7, 2005 10:06 PM
Ann sure made a cryptic comment, and no one is sure if it is a compliment or a criticism or simply philosophy or something that sounds like philosphy.
How can vision with action be a daydream? If the vision is not acted on? Vision with action often produces visible results.
If the vision and the action produce the desired results, it is not a nightmare, but it could be a dream come true.
Action without vision . . . well, that is difficult . . .even a blind squirrell finds a nut now and then. Have we found a nut?
John Twomey
Posted by: John at July 8, 2005 08:13 PM
Hi everyone, I do not see any trash behind the fence kudos to whoever cleaned it up.
Posted by: Ellen at July 10, 2005 07:43 PM