May day and more!
May 2, 2008 by changingparma
Spring is in the air - it might have been cool air this week, but springy none the less - and you know what that means…Spring cleaning!
The ancients celebrated May 1st and the 5 days following by decorating poles with flowers while children danced and wearing garlands and adorning homes and streets with the freshness of the new life that spring brings into the world that has been cold and dark throughout the winter. The tradition of spring cleaning comes partly from these ancient festivals of life…out with the old way of doing things and in with the new.
Parma needs to declare the month of May spring cleaning month! Here’s the agenda - sign on if you wish in the comment section.
- We the residents of Parma love open space, that’s why we live here - we do not want a sports complex to be built that would take up more of that open space we so cherish - tell Lemcke and the town board to send the developers of the “Comparato complex” somewhere else…if Greece, practically a city in it’s own right didn’t want it, why should we, rural Parma be forced to accept it? We shouldn’t! Call Councilman Ken Blackburn (the only member of town board man enough to put his phone # on the town website) at 392-9169 and let him know how you feel.
- We the residents of Parma value the place the village of Hilton holds as the center of our town. We value it as a community gathering place, a center of business and education and as such we believe that removing the library from the village would be detrimental to the life of the village and damaging to the overall experience of residents and visitors in Parma. Any new library and community center should be built inside the village limits to maintain the economy of the village and the central location of such a structure. Contact the library and its board here
- We the residents of Parma demand an open an honest link of communication with our elected officials. We believe that a committee of citizen liaisons should be formed at the town level to not only transmit the will of the residents to town officials but also to serve as an ethics board watching the actions of our supervisor, council members and highway superintendent.
- We the residents of Parma support the safe upkeep of our roads and as such believe that our highway department and it’s employees should receive the full support of the town. Equipment should receive proper maintenance and should be replaced when needed. If this doesn’t occur on a “pay as you go” basis we believe that it will cost town taxpayers greatly in the future - we demand the infighting headed up by the supervisor cease.
So in the spirit of May day and all the new life that springtime brings let’s get together and breathe new life into Parma, let’s encourage the voice of residents to rise and be heard, let’s demand that our leaders look out for us and our interests first - It’s time to Change Parma for good!
Interesting that you can slam the town board members by saying “the only member of town board man enough to put his phone # on the town website,” but your about page doesn’t have any information about who you are or your phone number.
How man or women are you? Let’s see your phone number.
Note that I am not a member of the town board but do take offense to people to just blast others for something that they are doing themselves.
If you wish to blast the board members for not posting their phone numbers then you should post your phone number. At least the public knows where to go (town board meeting) to talk to these people. Readers of this blog don’t know a thing about who is behind this Website.
Make yourself known or shut up.
Your criticism is weak because the writers of this blog are not elected officials and therefore do not need to make their phone numbers available - the comment section is provided for readers to comment - this blog is about the town and the opinions of the writers about town and county (and sometimes higher) government - nothing on this blog suggests that the authors are seeking public office so there is no need to share phone #’s
Elected officials are held to a different standard because they are supposed to be about the peoples business and should be accessible to their constituents - your arguement has no merit - thanks for the comment
Furthermore - it should be clear that this blog is essentially an opinion page…read the opinion pages in print publications and you will find that an e-mail is the contact information you are given. There is a contact page on this site that provides an e-mail address for communication outside of the comment sections of the article. Many readers have used that e-mail and all have received a response, most seem satisfied with that form of communication. One other thing, not once have we deleted a comment from this blog - we approve every single reader comment as long as the language is not foul.
Weak? You argument is weak. There are multiple ways to get in contact with elected officials (of which I am not). You can email them (like you), you can call the town hall (unlike you) and you can got to a public town board meeting. Seems as though they are very accessible without providing their home phone number.
You also make the argument that this is an opinion page and it is normal for opinion pages in print publications to only provide an email address. That is correct, but at least you know what publication they are writing for. That publication does have a phone that can be called. You sir or madam do not. Bad example on your part.
These elected officials are part time (very part time) and do not get paid much. They are regular people (just like you and me) and many of them have regular jobs during the day. I think that being able to email them, call town hall or be man enough (your words) to go to a town board meeting is sufficient.
Boy isn’t easy to sit back and criticize when your unknown. Whose the real man (or woman) here. You or the town board members that are more than happy to meet and speak with concerned citizens. Come to a town board meeting sometime.
That must be the 3rd time you have reassured us that you are not an elected official in Parma - makes one wonder…
Here’s the deal, the site is what it is…privacy is a protected right until one gives it up freely - the bloggers here are anonymous as are most of the commentors…that’s why you don’t see too many real names among them…
You may continue to rant that the bloggers are cowards for remaining anonymous - the fact remains that anyone who wishes to contact Changing Parma may do so on this site or through the e-mail…And by the way if our “part timer” elected officials can’t handle criticism or being contacted outside of town board meetings then they should find another part time job…
This site is a forum for anyone to speak - if they wish to comment on an article or speak to the bloggers they may do so - it’s working for you after all - you commented and I replied…see how easy that is…