In case anyone doubts that things can happen when you speak up, take a look across the street. Our lovely little park had become an eyesore along its perimeter. Worse than that, it was creating nuisance conditions for people with allergies and, worst of all, obliterating the fire hydrants.
When one of our residents contacted Orleans
councillor Bob Monette, particularly pointing out the health and safety hazard
of the overgrown perimeter, he got back to her almost immediately. He’d
obviously spoken to Brigil (which had committed to the job in the first place)
and informed her that work should begin within a day or two. If it didn’t, he
said, she should let him know.
And work did indeed begin, with a
vengeance. The weeds are gone, we can see the hydrants, and, with a little
luck, the area will be freshly seeded or sodded in the very near future.
Brigil foreman Gord Pickup says the timing
was just coincidental, but that’s not what most of us think. Most of us think:
three cheers for Bob Monette.
