The Grove - More Taxpayer Funded Incompetence

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By Clayton Watch

Just as you thought it could not get any worse. After two plus years of neglect, the city manager decided to rehab the grass at Clayton's Downtown Park, The Grove. 

The area was fenced off, the shaded grass area was torn up, prepped and new sod was installed, the large grass area was prepped and re-seeded. The fence stayed up for months while the grass areas came back to life. The new sod was looking great.

 
Then, the new sod started dying and a lot of it was already dead. So, I sent an email to Peter Cloven, Clayton's self-absorbed Mayor, regarding this issue and several other issues that needed to be addressed at the park. 

After a week with no response from our mayor (Pretty common occurrence. I guess he is pretty busy making "Who I Am" videos), I sent him a trace. He then forwarded my email to the city manager for a response. 

Here is the city manager's response regarding the demise of the new sod:--taxpayer money. ("There has been a water line break under the turf area; water has been temporarily turned off to dry out the sod so the repairs can be made. As soon as it is fixed, the watering will begin again and we will re-plant/replace as needed. The cost for the repairs are covered from the special assessment for The Grove.") This " temporary" shutting off of water continued until all the new sod turned brown and died (they pretty much figured it was dried out when it was all dead) Great plan! 

In other words, let it die, and then fix the water pipe. After we fix the water pipe and all the sod is dead, then we will go ahead and charge the taxpayers (City leaders probably believe it is not real money because it is being paid for from the special parcel tax for the Grove) to replace all the sod. The lack of good judgement keeps getting worse and Clayton taxpayers are paying for it. What did Cloven do about it? You guessed it--Nothing.

It is no wonder Clayton is facing a budget shortfall.

Signed,

Concerned Resident

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