Comments on: Plymouth Park Board Sends Favorable Recommendation to City Council to Extend Services to Townships

By: BoatBoy

BoatBoy — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:25:37 +0000

CommonCents, lets review the article shall we. 120 signatures were gathered in support of placing the park district issue on the ballot(its not being crammed down anyone’s throat). Assuming my math is correct that far exceeds “less than a dozen citizens” that spoke against putting the issue on the ballot. The Park Board did listen! I wonder what township you actually live in and if you dont live in Center or West Township why it matters to you what the outcome of this vote is?
I am tired of the “we dont use the park” story, I suspect that the vast majority of Center and West Township residents have in fact used or use the Plymouth Park System, whether it be walking, playing or watching they have used the Park. It is unfair for the residents of Plymouth to solely support the Park system that I see so many non city residents use everyday free of charge.

By: CommonCents

CommonCents — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:24:14 +0000

So let me get this straight, less than a dozen people attended the meeting to voice their opposition to the new tax. Then, the Park Board votes to send a “favorable” recommendation to the City Council (despite the opposition). Whatever happened to listening to your constituents? It would appear the gathering was simply a formality for the Park Board which is clearly intent on taxing the township residents in an effort to gather more funding. I don’t live in either township, but I object to cramming a tax increase down anyone’s throat. I also didn’t read the response to the person asking about charging admission to the Blueberry Festival. I can’t believe it would be better to tax all residents who may not use the park over having everyone attending the BB festival pay a small fee. I would think this would be a gold mine.