What does it take to get Lebo Citizens involved? Toxic turf reports are being aired on television all over the country. A five day old baby was shot in the head while in his father's arms, in the safety of their own home. I have provided links here. I have spoken at commission meetings for over two years about the dangers of artificial turf. Since 2006, I have been going to commission meetings with concerns over guns being fired in our neighborhoods. I didn't go to last night's meeting and I heard that ONE person spoke against turf and TWO people spoke against deer culling. I look like a chump.
At one time, Chip called us "spineless bloggers." He's right. We are. When the ONE person who spoke against the artificial turf asked for an update on the turf project, John Bendel said that they are ready to start construction as soon as the permit is issued. Coaches are delivering the same message to parents. The sports cabal is breathing easier today. Parents like to use the excuse that they have small children and can't go to meetings. Guess what? Hire a babysitter for an hour. When your kids are old enough, they will be playing on these toxic fields. Have YOU done enough to stop it?
Last night, the pro-kill folks had their "Eat More Venison" signs. They stood up in unison during fellow citizens' comments to show their solidarity. They said that thousands of pounds of meat were donated to local food banks during the earlier culls. News flash. Not one pound of deer meat was donated to local food banks from the culls. Not. One. Pound. A five day old baby was shot in the head from a hunter more than three hundred yards away. That equates to EIGHTEEN houses away from my home. EIGHTEEN. Yet, TWO people spoke against the deer culling. Where is everybody? God forbid someone gets hurt or killed when these yahoos are firing guns in Mt. Lebanon. Will we all be standing around the water cooler, looking appropriately sorrowful when someone gets hurt or killed by a bullet? YOU are letting it happen.
I look like a chump.
At one time, Chip called us "spineless bloggers." He's right. We are. When the ONE person who spoke against the artificial turf asked for an update on the turf project, John Bendel said that they are ready to start construction as soon as the permit is issued. Coaches are delivering the same message to parents. The sports cabal is breathing easier today. Parents like to use the excuse that they have small children and can't go to meetings. Guess what? Hire a babysitter for an hour. When your kids are old enough, they will be playing on these toxic fields. Have YOU done enough to stop it?
Last night, the pro-kill folks had their "Eat More Venison" signs. They stood up in unison during fellow citizens' comments to show their solidarity. They said that thousands of pounds of meat were donated to local food banks during the earlier culls. News flash. Not one pound of deer meat was donated to local food banks from the culls. Not. One. Pound. A five day old baby was shot in the head from a hunter more than three hundred yards away. That equates to EIGHTEEN houses away from my home. EIGHTEEN. Yet, TWO people spoke against the deer culling. Where is everybody? God forbid someone gets hurt or killed when these yahoos are firing guns in Mt. Lebanon. Will we all be standing around the water cooler, looking appropriately sorrowful when someone gets hurt or killed by a bullet? YOU are letting it happen.
I look like a chump.